Chapel In The Grounds Of The Royal Victoria Hospital

1. 5230 HOUND ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL

Chapel in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital (formerly listed as the Chapel of The Royal Victoria Hospital) SU 40 NE 8/160 9.4.74

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1. 1856-63, by Mennie (War Department Surveyor). A large structure which once occupied an axial position at the rear of the enormously long-fronted military hospital, which faced Southampton Water. The hospital has been demolished, leaving the chapel with an unfinished wall on its south-west side. Classical treatment of simple rectangle with a tower making the former link to the main blocks. Eight bays to the sides, divided by pilasters supporting a blind arcade, within which are round-headed narrow windows; the Tuscan Order details are in stone, with keystones to the arcade, and a granite plinth, main walling in red brick (Flemish bond). North ("east-end") front of 1.3.1 windows, again with all the trimmings of a Roman Tuscan Order, with the gable treated as a pediment. The tower is massive, the square base rising above roof height; the ornamental upper treatment starts with broaches, above which the tower becomes octagonal. Above a cornice, the stone structure has stepped back walling, which then supports a pavilion of open arches, within an architectural framework of keystone, architraves, pilasters and entablature on brackets; above this is a cupola surmounted by a classical finial. The building retains its status of a Royal Chapel.

Listing NGR: SU4626309236