Tavey Brothers Drapery, 6 Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 2BW

The building at 6 Hill Street, Newry, was originally a three-storey house, likely dating to the mid-19th century. It was demolished and replaced by a modern three-storey building containing a single shop unit. The replacement building has a gabled roof covered with artificial slate and modern plastic rainwater goods. Its walls are smooth, rendered, and painted, with white PVC double-glazed windows featuring thin concrete cills and modern hood moulds above. The shop front is a modern design intended to resemble a historic style.

The original building, as described in a 1969 survey, featured roughly dressed granite walling built in courses, with dressed granite quoins. The ground floor was used as a shop, with panelled pilasters rising to consoles supporting modillioned blind boxes. The upper floors had double-height windows with plain sashes and flat arches. A panelled street door was two windows wide.

A building is shown on the 1835 Ordnance Survey map and was recorded in the 1835 valuation book as belonging to Edward Lyons. The 1863 valuation noted it was three storeys high, but also remarked that it “does not let well – near a stinking sewer.” By 1877, the valuation entry recorded that part of the building was being used as a shop. The building was severely damaged by fire around 1980 and subsequently rebuilt from foundation level.

The original building was previously used as a private school run by Dr Henderson, who taught pupils including John Mitchel and John O’Hagan, prominent figures in the Young Ireland Movement, as well as Dr Kells Ingram, author of "The Memory of the Dead". This school predates the 1830s valuation records. The site is located within a conservation area.