The Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich was built from 1696 to 1712 as the Royal Hospital for Seamen, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and founded in 1692 on the instructions of Mary II. James Stuart completed the chapel in 1789, with details by William Newton. The article gives no style, materials or dimensions.
Wren kept the axial view from the older Queen's House to the river, and the site replaced the Palace of Placentia, most of it demolished in 1694. The Painted Hall by Sir James Thornhill dates from 1707 to 1726, and domes mark the chapel and Painted Hall entrances. The site is Grade I listed.
The hospital closed in 1869, and the naval college opened in 1873. The Royal Navy left in 1998. Since 2002 the Painted Hall, chapel, grounds and visitor centre have been open daily, free of charge, per the article. The Painted Hall reopened in March 2019 after conservation of Thornhill's ceiling.
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