What is recorded here

This blue commemorative plaque records: Royal Naval Hospital constructed between 1758 & 1762. The design which incorporated eleven separate ward blocks connected by a colonnade around a central square was far in advance of its time and was widely regarded as the finest in Europe. Architect Alexander Rovehead. Recorded plaque organisation: City of Plymouth.

Alexander Rovehead was an architect renowned for his innovative design of the Royal Naval Hospital in Plymouth, completed in 1762; his layout featuring eleven ward blocks connected by a colonnade around a central square set new standards for hospital architecture and was considered Europe's finest.

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