Milepost in wall of 30 Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AR is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

Milepost in wall of 30 Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AR

WRENN ID
drifting-garret-juniper
Grade
Record Only
Local Planning Authority
Newry, Mourne and Down
Constituency
Newry and Armagh MP: Dáire Hughes (SF)
Country
Northern Ireland
Address
Milepost in wall of 30 Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AR, Ballynacraig, BT34 1AR
Irish grid reference
J 085 262
Coordinates
54.17407, -6.3386
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This is a painted cast-iron milepost, likely dating from between 1860 and 1879. Hill Street in Newry was formerly part of the turnpike road connecting Belfast and Dublin, and the milepost indicates distances along this route, reading “Dublin 50 Dundalk 10 Banbridge 10”. It is embedded in the basal course of Dunne’s Store, at the junction of Hill Street and O’Hagan Street. The exposed face has a pointed head and measures 31cm wide by 41cm high.

An Ordnance Survey map from 1861 shows a milepost in this location. At that time, an uncovered mill race ran down what is now O’Hagan Street, and the post stood on the north side of the race where it emerged from beneath Hill Street. The mill race was covered over in the mid-1870s, and it is thought the milepost was repositioned to its current location near the shop, about a few yards to the south, around this time. The shop, known as the ‘Milestone Building,’ was built in 1879 by Arthur and James McCann, bakers. It was later taken over by John Quinn, who traded as "Quinns of the Milestone". The building is now occupied by Dunnes Stores.

The milepost is of industrial archaeological interest, and it is located within the Newry Conservation Area.

Local climate

Milepost in wall of 30 Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AR 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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