Nos. 8, 9 And 10 Haringtons Hotel

Nos. 8, 9 and 10 Haringtons Hotel is a late 18th-century hotel, possibly developed by Thomas Baldwin. The property is in two distinct parts. No. 8 is structurally part of the rear of No. 1 Northumberland Buildings, standing four storeys high with two bays. It has sash windows in plain reveals, with a four-pane window in the attic. The second floor has two small plain sashes, the first floor has twelve-pane sashes, and the ground floor has a twelve-pane window with a tripartite four:twelve:four-pane arrangement, alongside a panelled door set in deep reveals to the left. The detailing is consistent with the building on Wood Street, featuring a first-floor sill band, a cornice above the second floor, and an eaves cornice. A stack is located to the right. The remainder of the property is three storeys high with an attic and basement, extending to Harington Street with a narrow splay and a broad gable end, capped by a mansard roof brought to the outer gable with a straight central parapet. The main front has five windows; dormers above house two small single and one paired windows. Below, there are twelve-pane, eight-pane and nine-pane sashes. The ground floor features deep eight-pane sashes on either side of a pair of panelled doors with a margin-pane transom light. A twenty-four-pane early bow oriel, formerly a shopfront, is present, alongside a further door with transom light to the right. The splay section exhibits twelve-pane, six-pane and eight-pane sashes, while the gable end features three blind lights on each level, with a small inserted sash in the attic breaking through the cornice, along with a pavement grille. The ground floor is painted, with a small plinth that steps down to the right, a first-floor sill band, and a cornice with a blocking course and parapet, which is returned to the splay. The rear has two wide-spaced dormers, various twelve-pane and blind lights, a projecting flat-roofed unit with a doorway, and a large canted oriel bay, also with a pavement grille. The interiors are thought to be substantially altered. Thomas Baldwin, the architect of Northumberland Buildings, held an interest in this block and may have been involved in its development.