22 Upper Water Street, (formerly 22 Abbey Way), Newry, Co Down, BT34 1DJ

This is a three-storey rendered building forming the rightmost part of a terrace of three similar buildings. It is located on Upper Water Street (formerly Abbey Way) in Newry, within the Carneyhough townland. The building was likely constructed between 1820 and 1839, and was originally numbered 22 Abbey Way. The street name was later changed to Upper Water Street.

The building has a pitched roof covered in natural slate, with two cast iron skylights to the front. Modern plastic rainwater goods are present, with a shared downpipe to the left with number 20 and a separate plastic downpipe to the right. A single red brick chimney is shared with number 20. The walls are rendered at ground floor and lined render to the upper floors, with a projecting rendered eaves course.

At ground floor level, the left window has a modern timber door inserted to its left, with the remaining glazing divided into a side light and a transom light. A modern timber shop door with a large glass panel and transom light is centrally located, alongside a further shop window with a single pane of glass. Earlier photographs indicate the shop once had a timber fascia and pilasters similar to those of number 20. All windows have granite cills. The first floor features four equally spaced uPVC top-hung casement windows with exposed boxes and horns. The second floor has similarly styled windows, albeit reduced in height.

The rear elevation has a smooth cement-rendered wall and abuts a two-storey return to the left. The ground floor to the right was not inspected, but at first floor level there is a two-paned casement window with a transom. A 1/1 top-hung modern window is positioned between the first and second floor on the left side of the return roof, with a similar window above the right pitch. A 2/2 sliding sash window is located to the second floor right, and a 1/1 top-hung window is aligned with the window over the right pitch of the return. The return roof is covered with artificial slate and features a blank rear wall and a right cheek. A single-storey shed abuts the right cheek and a two-storey addition with a cat-slide roof connects to the rear elevation.

The building appears on an 1835 Ordnance Survey map and was rated at £42 in 1838. Valuation records from 1863 state the building was three and a half storeys high. It was undoubtedly erected at the same time as numbers 16-20. The building is currently used as an office and lies within a conservation area.