20 Sandy's Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1EN

This is one of five three-storey, two-bay terraced houses situated on the south side of Sandys Street, Newry. The building is second from the right in the terrace. It dates from between 1820 and 1839 and was previously recorded as HB16/26/054 in the Windsor Hill ward. It is now a “Record Only” designation.

The front elevation retains its original detail, although alterations to the rear detract from the overall integrity of the building. The roof is pitched and covered with artificial slate, featuring a cement-rendered chimney on the left side. Semicircular metal rainwater goods run along the facade, with a downpipe shared with the adjacent property at number 21. The rear has plastic rainwater goods with a downpipe on the left. The street-facing walls are painted with a line render finish, with a raised eaves course and a painted base course. The main entrance, on the right, features an original six-panel timber door (raised and fielded with scalloped corners), with a narrow quarry-paned transom light above. The door surround is flanked by painted render bands and a bracketed, moulded entablature. To the left of the door is a single 1/1 sliding sash window with an exposed sash box. Three regularly spaced, identical windows are found on the first and second floors; the right-hand windows are aligned with the door, and the top floor windows are reduced in height. All windows have stop-chamfered reveals and granite sills. The left and right gables are shared party walls with the adjoining properties. The rear wall is painted and rendered with cement. A two-storey extension abuts the left bay, continuing as a single-storey across the ground floor to the right. There's a modern timber window at first floor right on the main block, and two small modern window inserts are located above, at the second floor. To the left of these inserts is a further modern timber casement. The extensions have flat roofs, cement-rendered walls, a recessed door on the left side, and two modern windows on their rear walls. The upper floor of the left extension also features two windows on its rear wall. The rear yard is enclosed by a two-storey outhouse constructed from random rubble.

The building appears on an 1835 Ordnance Survey town map, and valuation records indicate it was occupied by John Biggs in 1838, and was 18 feet 9 inches long by 22 feet 6 inches wide and three storeys high in 1863. The property is located within a conservation area.