Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Osbourne Hotel
Ringmackilroy, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1860 - 1879
- Address
- Osbourne Hotel, Dock Street, Warrenpoint, Newry, Co Down, BT34 3LZ
- Townland
- Ringmackilroy
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.09983, -6.25505
- Date of survey
- 28 August 1999
- HB reference
- HB16/11/014
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 3 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1854 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Former Osborne Hotel has been demolished and a new building erected probably in early 1990's, housing an amusement/activity centre.
Historical information
The building shown at this location on the 1834 town map was replaced by the building previous to the present one in 1863. It is then noted as “all unfinished except shop”. When completed, there was a coal yard behind.
The HMBB first survey card states: “Late 19thC building of three storeys with rendered and channelled finish to ground floor, red and blue brickwork with yellow brick dressings to first and second floor and arched central vehicle entrance with channelled voussoirs and faceted key block. One entrance door is modern. Consoles support a cornice at 1st floor level; eaves cornice is square, built in brick. All double hung windows have single vertical glazing bars, first floor windows are semicircular headed, second floor are segmental headed. A modern window has been inserted in opening on ground floor with square moulded architrave. Yellow brick quoins to extremities of building. Five windows wide.”
The HMBB first survey slide shows the ground and first floors of the building. They are symmetrical, each five openings wide. Ground floor is band rusticated and first floor is exposed brickwork. To centre is a segmental headed coachway with keystone. Flanking its left and right sides are doorways with transom lights, the left one having a moulded architrave. To either side beyond the doors, are large shop windows- again left one has an architrave. There are eight corbels supporting the overhanging cornice of the shop fronts two at either end and one on either side of each shop door. The five equally spaced first floor windows are semicircular-headed 2/2 (vertically divided) sliding sashes with deep cills.
Primary Sources:
1. Valuation Revision book, 1863 (VAL/2B/3/65B, p.1).
2. HMBB First survey card dated 28/11/1969.
3. HMBB survey slide dated 28/11/1969.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Demolished and replaced by amusement arcade
Nearby in the register
- The DockHarbour/ Pierunder 1 mi
- 1 Havelock PlaceHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 14-20 Thomas StreetHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
- 2 Havelock PlaceHouse - Terraceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.