The Stoke Military Hospital
After the success of the Royal Naval Hospital, built
on the South side of the Stonehouse Creek in the
middle of the 18th Century, the Army decided to build a Military Hospital on the North bank of the creek. With a work force of Napoleonic Prisoners of War from the prison hulks on the Hamoaze, the hospital was completed by 1797 and served the Army for 148 years. With a hospital on both sides of the creek the injured forces returning from the Crimea are said to have coined the phrase “up the creek” to reflect their fears as they were brought ashore for treatment. The tidal Stonehouse Creek was filled in in 1973 (with the spoil from the A38 Plympton Bypass through Saltram and now provides extensive sports fields for the school and local community.
The original school building in Albert Road
Investing in our future
Over the past 15 years the Governors have been able to invest £3,500,000 in a significant programme of renewal and refurbishment of the buildings and facilities of the school. Our new Sports Hall, Refectory, Music Centre, Air Training Cadets Squadron, Workshops and Laboratories, Fitness Suite, Library, Reception, Individual Needs Centre, Sixth Form Centre and Theatre all contribute to our capacity to meet the needs of our boys during their seven years with us.
