Royal Naval College Pepys Building

The Pepys Building at the Royal Naval College was originally constructed as rackets courts between 1874 and 1875 by Colonel Clarke, with the central screen and eastern section added in 1882-1883 by General Pudsey, creating a symmetrical design. It was converted into laboratories around 1906. The building features stone and stuccoed facades, with a roof concealed by high parapets.

The seven-bay screen has higher two-bay ends and is adorned with Tuscan pilasters that project forward into pairs of Ionic columns, all set between engaged columns with fluted capitals, under projecting parapets at the ends. The parapets are intricately designed, featuring raised centerpieces supported by swags and urns on elaborately carved plinths at the corners, crafted by C R Smith. The ground floor is rusticated, while at first-floor height, there are busts in high relief set in roundels representing notable figures such as Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Rodney, Duncan, Collingwood, Howe, Nelson, and St Vincent, arranged from east to west.

The side elevations consist of nine bays, and the rear has three bays, all marked by pilasters. The ground floor is rusticated beneath a fluted frieze, with empty roundels on the first floor. Above this, there is a deep frieze and an attic storey, which is also divided into bays by short pilaster strips.