Russian Trophy, Bank Parade, Newry, Co Down, BT34 is a Grade B2 listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 15 December 1981.
Russian Trophy, Bank Parade, Newry, Co Down, BT34
- WRENN ID
- sunken-barrel-dust
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- Newry and Armagh MP: Dáire Hughes (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1981
- Address
- Russian Trophy, Bank Parade, Newry, Co Down, BT34, Lisdrumgullion
- Irish grid reference
- J 086 266
- Coordinates
- 54.17755, -6.33715
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This cast-iron cannon serves as a rare war memorial in Northern Ireland, specifically linked to the Crimean War. Located on the upstream side of the Armaghdown Bridge, opposite the main entrance to the Town Hall in Newry, it occupies a prominent position.
The cannon, measuring 2.80 metres in length, tapers towards a bell-mouth nozzle with a bore of approximately 150mm. A winged bird insignia is cast into the middle of the top surface, and lugs on the sides of the barrel allow it to be pivot-mounted on a wrought-iron cradle. These lugs bear various number markings; the right lug also features a possible date of 1799. The cannon is marked ‘No.27’. It features two wheels at the front and a towing bracket at the rear, with the rear end of the cannon supported by a short cast-iron post secured to the back of the cradle.
Captured from the Russian army during the Crimean War (1853-6), the cannon was presented to the citizens of Newry by the War Office in recognition of the troops from the South Down area who served in that conflict. Originally situated beside the War Memorial on Bank Parade, it is located within the Newry conservation area. The cannon was likely constructed between 1860 and 1879.
Local climate
Russian Trophy, Bank Parade, Newry, Co Down, BT34 receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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