Seamen's Hospital, Whitby

The Seamen's Hospital is a historic building in Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.

The hospital was founded in 1675, and was converted into almshouses in the 18th century.^[1] From 1747, it was funded in part by the Chatham Chest.^[2] In 1842, it was demolished and a new building was constructed, to a design by George Gilbert Scott. The building was grade II listed in 1972.^[3]

The building is constructed of brick on a stone plinth, with stone dressings, quoins, a floor band, and an openwork balustraded parapet with vases. It has two storeys and nine bays. In the centre is a round-headed archway, above which is a round-arched niche containing a statue of a seaman. Over this is a trophy of flags and cannon, and a shaped pediment surmounted by a model ship. The second and eight bays project slightly and contain a round-headed archway with a rusticated surround, over which is a semicircular oriel window, and a shaped pediment over an oculus with keystones. The other windows are mullioned and transomed.^[3][4]