9 Downpatrick Street, Rathfriland, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5DG

This is a narrow, two-storey, single-bay shop dating to the 19th century, located on the western side of Downpatrick Street in Rathfriland. It is part of a terrace of buildings. The shop was constructed between 1840 and 1859.

The building has a pitched roof covered with artificial slate, which matches the adjacent properties. A half-round plastic gutter runs along the eaves, and there is no chimney. The exterior walls are constructed of finely dressed granite blocks laid in courses, with cement strap pointing. The ground floor features a reproduction timber shop front, designed to resemble the original. To the left of the shop front, a narrow section of blank wall is exposed. The shop front itself is constructed of stained timber, with a tongue-and-groove framed door that has a four-paned transom above it. To the right of the door is a fixed six-paned window (3x2) set into a timber cill. Panelled timber pilasters with decorative pointed heads divide the door and window, resting on original painted granite blocks and supporting a fascia with a lead-flashed, dentilled cornice above. The first floor has two vertically divided (2/2) windows with horns, exposed boxes, and granite sills, all constructed of stained timber. The left and right gable ends are adjoined by buildings of a similar height.

The rear elevation is cement-rendered. It has a modern glazed and panelled mahogany door at the right end, and a top-hung casement window to the left of the door, with a matching window on the first floor.

The building appears on a 1776 map of the Meade Estate, but was exempted from valuation in 1834, suggesting it was originally a single-story thatched building. The 1860 Valuation map depicts the terrace in its current form, with this shop measuring 4 yards by 9 yards and being two stories high. An earlier shop front, as reproduced in P.J. Rankin's book, had moulded timber astragals forming a head on each pilaster and lacked the dentilled cornice. A similar photograph of the shop front is held in the Architectural Archive.