A description of the Royal Hospital for Seamen, at Greenwich; With a short account of the Royal Naval Asylum ... / [John Cooke].

  • Cooke, John, 1738-1823.
Date:
1815
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A description of the Royal Hospital for Seamen, at Greenwich; With a short account of the Royal Naval Asylum ... / [John Cooke]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FABRIC. Greenwich HOSPITAL was founded in 1694, by King William and Queen Mary, and is situated about five miles from London-bridge, on the south- ern banks of the Thames. It is elevated on a terrace, about 865 feet in length towards the river, and con- sists of four distinct piles of building, distinguished by the names of King Charles's, Queen Anne's, King William's, and Queen Mary's. The interval between the two most northern buildings, viz. King Charles's and Queen Anne's, forms the grand square, which is about 273 feet wide. From the entrance at the north gate, the eye, passing through the grand square between the two colonnades to the Naval Asylum, is bounded by the Royal Observatory *, erected on an eminence in the park; the whole presenting the most magnificent and beautiful coup d'otil that can be imagined. In the centre of the grand square stands a beautiful » This observatory was begun to be erected ou the 10th of August j 1679, by order of King Charles the Second. A 2