Former Royal Naval Hospital The Square Numbers 1, 2 And 3 And Area Walls And Railings

This is a group of three officer's houses, dating from 1806, originally part of the Royal Naval Hospital in Stonehouse, Plymouth. They were likely designed by Daniel Alexander. The buildings are constructed of Plymouth limestone ashlar with a band over the ground floor and a sill string to the first floor, and have a dry slate hipped roof with projecting eaves and four round-arched dormers. There are two ashlar axial stacks. The plan is rectangular, double-depth, with single-storey service wings extending at right angles from the rear. The building is three storeys high with an attic over a basement, and has a symmetrical nine-window front. The windows are late 19th-century, four-pane sashes with horns, set within flat arches. A 20th-century glazed porch covers the central doorway. The interior has not been inspected, but is believed to retain original features. The buildings sit on a low plinth with wrought-iron railings. These houses are part of a terrace built in 1806, one of two similar terraces constructed on the north and south sides of the square, which was itself laid out between 1756 and 1765. The Royal Naval Hospital at Stonehouse represents a pioneering hospital plan of international significance, and these houses contribute to an outstanding and complete military hospital complex.