2 Upper Water Street (formerly 2 Abbey Way ), Newry, Co Down, BT34 1DJ is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 15 December 1981. 3 related planning applications.

2 Upper Water Street (formerly 2 Abbey Way ), Newry, Co Down, BT34 1DJ

WRENN ID
pitched-crypt-scarlet
Grade
Record Only
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
2 Upper Water Street (formerly 2 Abbey Way ), Newry, Co Down, BT34 1DJ, Carneyhough, BT34 1DJ
Irish grid reference
J 086 265
Coordinates
54.17635, -6.3366
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This is a two-storey building, originally constructed between 1820 and 1839, situated on the west side of Upper Water Street (formerly Abbey Way) in Newry. It is located within the town's oldest area and is set between two similar properties. The building was originally numbered 8-10 Abbey Way, and its address changed following street realignments.

The building has a pitched roof covered with artificial slate, with painted metal rainwater goods. A shared chimney, rendered and topped with concrete, is located to the left of the roof and also serves the adjacent property at number 5 Margaret Street. The facade is lined with cement render. The ground floor features three semi-elliptical arches supported by shared, band-rusticated, V-jointed piers. Each arch has a raised keyblock at the head and a raised moulded impost. The central arch is narrower than the others and contains a pair of modern panelled timber doors, with a boxed roller shutter above. The adjacent openings on either side contain modern windows with top-hung transoms, boxed roller shutters, raised cills, and rendered stall risers. The upper floors each have two windows; those on the first floor are modern 1/1 top-hung casement windows, and those on the second floor are similar but reduced in height, all with painted granite cills. Access to the rear elevation was not possible due to the absence of a rear yard.

The building was shown on an Ordnance Survey map from 1835 and was valued as a dwelling house at £17 in 1838. Records from 1863 indicate it was three storeys high. By the mid-1860s, it had been operating as a licensed house. The building is currently in use as a shop, having formerly been a public house. While it is located within a conservation area, it is not considered to possess significant architectural or historic interest, and its value has been diminished by replacements of windows and alterations to the interior.

Local climate

2 Upper Water Street (formerly 2 Abbey Way ), Newry, Co Down, BT34 1DJ 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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