8 to 18 Hood Street
8 to 18 Hood Street
HER Number
8808
District
Newcastle
Site Name
8 to 18 Hood Street
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Houses, now shops and offices. Circa 1839 for Richard Grainger. Sandstone
ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, 15 bays in all. Altered ground floor has
renewed windows and doors and rusticated entablature; fascia and cornice survive
to Nos. 10 and 12. Upper floors have plain reveals to windows, some sashes with
glazing bars and some renewed; aprons on second floor above floor band. Second-
floor entablature with prominent cornice. Top eaves band and cornice. LISTED GRADE 2
ashlar; Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, 15 bays in all. Altered ground floor has
renewed windows and doors and rusticated entablature; fascia and cornice survive
to Nos. 10 and 12. Upper floors have plain reveals to windows, some sashes with
glazing bars and some renewed; aprons on second floor above floor band. Second-
floor entablature with prominent cornice. Top eaves band and cornice. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424930
Northing
564360
Grid Reference
NZ424930564360
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/315