Hood Street, Northern Counties Club
Hood Street, Northern Counties Club
HER Number
9031
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Hood Street, Northern Counties Club
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
House
Site Type: Specific
House
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Houses, then hotel, now club. Circa 1839 for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar;
Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, 9 bays. Rusticated ground floor has renewed double door
and overlight in shallow fluted Doric porch. Sash windows in plain reveals have
aprons to long first-floor windows, second floor sill band. Floor bands; second-floor
entablature with prominent cornice; top floor has eaves band and cornice. Corniced
ashlar chimney. LISTED GRADE 2
Welsh slate roof. 4 storeys, 9 bays. Rusticated ground floor has renewed double door
and overlight in shallow fluted Doric porch. Sash windows in plain reveals have
aprons to long first-floor windows, second floor sill band. Floor bands; second-floor
entablature with prominent cornice; top floor has eaves band and cornice. Corniced
ashlar chimney. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424930
Northing
564400
Grid Reference
NZ424930564400
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 20/313; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 166