63a Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AF is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
63a Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AF
- WRENN ID
- former-rampart-autumn
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- Newry and Armagh MP: Dáire Hughes (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- 63a Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AF, Carneyhough, BT34 1AF
- Irish grid reference
- J 086 264
- Coordinates
- 54.17597, -6.33759
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The building at 63a Hill Street, Newry, was originally erected around 1794 as an assembly and public reading room, and also housed a savings bank. It was built on a bleach green by subscribers and was the first building on that part of the street. According to historical records, it served as newsrooms until approximately 1916, when it was converted for commercial use. The building was refurbished in 1871, and any surviving decorative features on the facade may date from this period. Following the 1798 rebellion, the heads of executed insurgents were reportedly displayed above the entrance. The building was designed by Major G.W. Reside.
The original building was two storeys with a stucco finish to the upper floor and a slate roof. It featured three Venetian windows and one modern window facing the street, with pilasters on panelled pedestals rising to an entablature featuring triglyphs in the frieze. The appearance of the facade was disrupted by later alterations and shop front expansions, notably to the premises of Scott & Scott.
The building was demolished around a decade ago, and the site is now occupied by a modern structure. It stood within the Carneyhough townland and was located within a conservation area.
Local climate
63a Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AF 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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