This is the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, on the site of the former Greenwich Royal Hospital School.

The museum first opened in 1937.

It is the world' largest and most visited museum of seafaring.

The Royal Hospital School moved to Suffolk in 1933. It's buildings were converted to become the National Maritime Museum (founded in 1934 and opened in 1937).

The upgrade of the museum was completed and opened in 1999.

A pair of anchors outside the museum.

Grade I listed building

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1. 4412 ROMNEY ROAD SE10 (South Side)

National Maritime Museum TQ 3877 26/G53

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East and west wings. By David Alexander 1807-16. Road fronts of Palladian proportions 2 storey, attic and basement. Moderately low pitched, slated roof. Stuccoed walls, stone dressings. Doric front of 6 attached columns, the outer ones square, supporting entablature and blocking course. Ovev 3 middle bays an attic storey with 4 pilasters rising to small cornice and blocking course breaking forward around them. Balustraded parapet at either side and for 1st portion of returns. Banded, rusticated ground floor with cornice. Projecting rusticated stone basement with plain plinth. Moulded reveals to low, replaced sashes with glazing bars on attic and 1st floors. Ground floor windows in moulded architraves, basement windows with large keystones, both sashes with glazing bars. On inner returns 3 projecting features, each with 4 Doric pilasters, support entablature and blocking course. Balustraded parapet at ends. Similar fenestration to fronts, except that basement windows at Romney Road end are round arched. Rusticated ground floor. Heavily rusticated basement, vermiculate basement to southern projections. Between projections 8 bays at back and 10 at front. West wing forms left wing of symmetrical arrangement of 3 Western blocks, the far west wing being similar. The centre block of this arrangement contains museum entrance. 2 storeys, attic and basement, 4 windows. Doric attached columns, resting on projecting rusticated basement, support entablature and balustraded parapet. Columns paired at angles and at either side of centre bay, which is further emphasised by pairs of projecting detached columns. Tall central entrance arch to above 1st floor level has mask on keystone and Royal arms in tympanum. Recessed panel above entablature has Naval arms under cornice and pediment.