4 Newry Street, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4DN

Nos 4–8 Newry Street, Kilkeel, form a substantial three-storey, three-bay mid-Georgian townhouse in the classical tradition. The building is presently divided into two ownerships, with No. 4 comprising the central and right bays, while Nos 6 and 8 occupy the left bay and a single-bay extension. They constitute a single architectural composition and should be read together.

The front elevation displays symmetrical proportions with the central bay being a half-width of the other two. The ground floor is notably lower in height than the floors above, creating a top-heavy appearance. The frontage is constructed of rock-faced ashlar granite with flush pointing. The ground floor has been converted to commercial use with modern shop fronts that obscure the lower portions of the first-floor windows. No. 4's ground floor is entirely occupied by a modern post-war shop front; a recessed central entrance with timber display windows is flanked by chromium vents inscribed "Quinn" (the former supermarket chain). A plastic fascia above states "M.J. SAWEY, LICENSED BETTING OFFICE".

The main entrance doorway to the upper floors is located in the central bay of the whole composition, featuring an inter-war three-panelled door with six glazed top panes and a transom. This door is offset to the left of the original openings above, indicating it is not in its original position.

Each upper floor of the whole building contains five openings, with the extension to the left having a single window to each floor. At first-floor level, the centre of the main block (left bay of No. 4) contains a spoke-headed 3/3 sliding sash window set within a semicircular-headed moulded ashlar opening with raised impost and projecting keystone. The keystone is inscribed with "17-90" and the letter "A". This window's lower sash appears once to have been 6-paned; the cill has been raised to accommodate the insertion of the modern door and shop front below. The right bay at first floor displays two 6/6 exposed box sliding sashes, also seemingly truncated to accommodate the shop front beneath. The second floor on all three bays contains similar sash windows with painted dressed granite cills, aligned with the openings below.

The roof is pitched and gabled. The right gable is raised and coped in granite, with a smooth rendered and corbelled chimney to the gable. Eaves are corbelled; No. 4 has plastic rainwater goods and a single cast-iron skylight in the rear pitch. No. 4 has a man-made roof covering.

The rear elevation of No. 4 is abutted at ground floor by a single-storey modern extension. The wall to the left (central) bay at first floor is partially rendered snecked granite rubble with single large stones forming lintels. The right bay is wet-dashed. The left (central) bay contains a semicircular-headed fixed landing window with raised cill, below which a lean-to rendered shed with corrugated roof abuts. The right bay is abutted by a second lean-to with cement-rendered walls and artificial slate roof. At second-floor level, windows are diminished in height and aligned with those below. The small semicircular-headed window to the left (centre) contains a 2/2 horizontally-divided sliding sash. The two right windows are replacement 1/1 sliding sashes.