50-52 Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AR is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. 1 related planning application.
50-52 Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AR
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-plinth-spindle
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- Newry and Armagh MP: Dáire Hughes (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- 50-52 Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AR, Ballynacraig, BT34 1AR
- Irish grid reference
- J 085 263
- Coordinates
- 54.1749, -6.33839
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a modern building constructed between 1960 and 1979, featuring a reinforced-concrete frame clad in a polished granite façade on its west-facing side fronting Hill Street. A granite plaque, originally from a previous Post Office on the site, is set into the façade at the top left corner. The plaque displays a lion and unicorn flanking a crowned medallion, with the motto "Dieu et mon droit" inscribed on a ribbon scroll below.
The building replaces an earlier Post Office, authorized by the government following representations from the local Chamber of Commerce. The original building, designed by Mr Cochrane, architect to the Board of Public Works in Ireland, and built by Alexander Wheelan of Canal Street, Newry, was completed in 1900 at a cost of £5700 and featured an ornate classical façade of Newry granite. According to historical photographs, the coat of arms was originally positioned between the eaves cornice and pediment. When the original building was replaced in 1961, its coat of arms was incorporated into the new façade.
The building currently operates as a Post Office and is located within the Ballynacraig townland, within a conservation area and owned by a public body.
Local climate
50-52 Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AR 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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