Plaque

Officers' Quarters

Inscription

Officers' Quarters
This colonnaded range of buildings was constructed as quarters for naval officers based at the Royal Victoria Victualling Yard. The Yard provisioned the Royal Navy for more than two centuries from 1742.

Site: Royal Victoria Yard / Victualling Yard (4 memorials)

SE8, Grove Street, The Colonnade

Our photo is taken from the east. In the background you can see the inside of the retained arched stone entrance to The Colonnade from Grove Street. The Officers' Quarters plaque is in the colonnade. The two black metal plaques are on the wall to the right.

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