Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
25-27 Church Street
Ringmackilroy, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1800 - 1819
- Address
- 25-27 Church Street, Warrenpoint, Newry, Co Down, BT34 3HN
- Townland
- Ringmackilroy
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.10070, -6.25287
- Date of survey
- 02 September 1999
- HB reference
- HB16/11/042
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Building demolished along with no.25 to its left. Replaced by a three storey building, five openings wide (to upper floors), artificial slate roof, rendered walls and shop frontage to ground floor (Walsh’s Pharmacy).
Historical information
A building is shown on the 1834 town map, and described in the 1835 Valuation Book as measuring 24ft x 25ft x 19ft high. This is probably the same building which is described in the 1863 Valuation as measuring 8yds square by 2.5 storeys high.
HMBB first survey card states: “c1800 three storey building part shopped on ground floor, with rendered walls and slated roof. Raised quoins to extremities. Double hung windows, four pane wide with glazing bars and also with single vertical glazing bars. Original shop window with panelled pilasters rising to frieze and cornice. Poor order.”
Primary Sources:
1. Valuation town map, 1834 (PRONI, VAL/1D/3/2).
2. First Valuation book, 1835 (PRONI, VAL/1B/367, p.88).
3. Second Valuation book, 1863 (VAL/2B/3/65P, p.23).
4. HMBB first survey card dated 01/12/1969.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Demolished with a modern building on site
Nearby in the register
- Former Town HallTown Hallunder 1 mi
- 18-20 Church StreetShopunder 1 mi
- Hall at rear ofHallunder 1 mi
- 17 Church StreetShopunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.