The design for the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, London was proposed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1694 and the first stages were built from 1698-1707, culminating in the completion of the first of the twin domes, the Hall Dome, in 1712. Although the building's purpose was to house wounded and infirm navy veterans, Wren's design aimed to emulate Louis XIV's chateau at Versailles. This aim was compromised by the need to respect the existing Queen's House by Inigo Jones and John Webb's partially completed Greenwich Palace which Queen Mary would not allowed to be demolished. The complex was largely completed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and Sir John Vanbrugh with the chapel dome being completed in 1735. Ruskin refers to a drawing by Turner. Ruskin owned a pottery in Greenwich in the 1870s.