Admiralty House (Portsmouth)

United Kingdom / England / Portsmouth
Built 1784.

By the middle of the eighteenth century, the status of Portsmouth meant that the Commissioner often found himself accommodating and entertaining very distinguished visitors, including, for example, King George III. Building started on a new and grander property in 1784. During 1785, Prince William Henry, then a lieutenant in HMS HEBE, was a frequent visitor to the household, the attraction being the Commissioner’s 17-year old daughter! Knowledge of this romance, which was soon ended by royal order, may have helped the Navy Board to swallow a very substantial increase in building costs. The house is very grand and elegant and was one of the first in the country to be fitted with a flush toilet. It has been very little altered and now provides accommodation for the Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command and Second Sea Lord.

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Coordinates:   50°48'2"N   1°6'20"W

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  • The little picture shows the earlier Admiralty House at 111 High Street. The plan shows the later building within the Dockyard area.
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