Greenwich Hospital (collaborative work)

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Greenwich Hospital is a grand Baroque riverside complex in London, designed collaboratively in the late 17th and early 18th centuries as a charitable retirement home for Royal Navy sailors and now renowned as part of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque building complex
architectural ensemble
historic hospital
architecturalStyle Baroque
English Baroque
constructionPeriod late 17th century to early 18th century
country United Kingdom
currentUse Old Royal Naval College
surface form: Old Royal Naval College campus
dedicatedTo welfare of Royal Navy seamen
designedAs charitable retirement home for Royal Navy sailors
designedBy Christopher Wren
John Vanbrugh
Nicholas Hawksmoor
Thomas Ripley
hasArchitecturalType hospital
institutional complex
hasPart Chapel of St Peter and St Paul
King Charles Court
King William Court
Painted Hall
Queen Anne Court
Queen Mary Court
hasViewOf Isle of Dogs
Thames
surface form: River Thames
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
inception late 17th century
laterUse Old Royal Naval College
surface form: Royal Naval College, Greenwich
locatedIn England
Greenwich
London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom
locatedOn south bank of the River Thames
nearby Greenwich Park
Queen’s House
surface form: Queen’s House, Greenwich

Royal Observatory, Greenwich
notableFor association with the Royal Navy
grand riverside Baroque architecture
monumental colonnades and domes
operatorHistory Greenwich Hospital (Royal Hospital for Seamen), Greenwich
surface form: Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich
originalFunction retirement home for seamen
partOf Maritime Greenwich
surface form: Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site

Old Royal Naval College
patron Kingdom of England
surface form: English Crown
region Royal Borough of Greenwich
significance key element of Maritime Greenwich cultural landscape
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Maritime Greenwich

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Nicholas Hawksmoor notableWork Greenwich Hospital (collaborative work)
Greenwich Hospital (Royal Hospital for Seamen), Greenwich governingBody Greenwich Hospital (collaborative work)
this entity surface form: Greenwich Hospital charity