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Woodlands is a heritage-listed house at 51 Church Street, The Hill,
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, Australia. It was added to the
New South Wales State Heritage Register The New South Wales State Heritage Register, also known as NSW State Heritage Register, is a heritage list of places in the state of New South Wales, Australia, that are protected by New South Wales legislation, generally covered by the Heritag ...
on 2 April 1999.


History

It was designed by James Henderson and built in 1877 for Joseph Wood, operator of the
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. It housed the Cathedral Hill Grammar School, was an
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home for convalescent soldiers, Iluka in 1916–17, during
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, reverted to use by the school, became the Centaur Hospital during
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, served as a boarding house for migrants, then was a private hospital run by Dr William Bowmore for 24 years until 1979. The mansion subsequently reverted to residential use. It was thoroughly renovated by the Foggs family, who owned the property prior to 2002. It was then owned by property investors the Chahl family. The Chahl family initially planned to convert the house into a function centre in 2004, but this was abandoned after public opposition. It was later planned to convert the house into a boutique guest house, but this had not occurred when the family sold the property for $3.7 million in 2011, one of the largest house prices in Newcastle history.


Description

The mansion is built in the Victorian Italianate style. It includes seven bedrooms, three bathrooms, and two kitchens or one kitchen and an eight bedroom with a kitchenette, a billiard room and six fireplaces. It contains intricate moulded ceilings which were rediscovered during the Foggs' restoration of the building. Much of the property's original landholding has been sold.


Heritage listing

Woodlands was listed on the
New South Wales State Heritage Register The New South Wales State Heritage Register, also known as NSW State Heritage Register, is a heritage list of places in the state of New South Wales, Australia, that are protected by New South Wales legislation, generally covered by the Heritag ...
on 2 April 1999.


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Attribution

{{NSW-SHR-CC, name=Woodlands, dno=5045742, id=00306, year=2018, accessdate=1 June 2018 New South Wales State Heritage Register The Hill, New South Wales Houses in New South Wales Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register