Greenwich Hospital
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 | Greenwich Hospital |
| Designer | Sir Christopher Wren |
| Location | Greenwich, England (near London) |
| Date | 1696 to 1715 |
| Building Type | palace complex |
| Climate | mild |
| Context | suburban, on riverside |
| Architectural Style | English Renaissance |
| Street Address | Park Row |
| Notes | Not to be confused with Wren's Greenwich Observatory, 1675-1676. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Greenwich_Hospital.html |
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"Greenwich Hospital is a splendid palace scheme devised by Wren to include the Queen's House and King Charles's Block..."
— Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. p1022.
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James Stevens Curl. Classical Architecture: an introduction to its vocabulary and essentials, with a select glossary of terms. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992. ISBN 0-442-30896-5. NA260.C87. overview photo from across river with Queens House in background, f5.42, p126.
Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. London: The Butterworth Group, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. LC 86-31761. NA200.F63 1987. p1004, 1007, 1008, 1022. — The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
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