26 Newtown Road, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 8RJ

This vernacular dwelling, likely dating from between 1800 and 1819, is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac and was formerly part of a small settlement. Together with the adjoining outbuilding and number 20 Newtown Road, it forms a visually appealing group.

The house is a two-storey, two-bay structure. It is positioned on the roadside, aligned east-west along the lane on the east side of Newtown Road. The roof is pitched and covered in natural slate, with tile skews at both ends and a slightly projecting eaves course; many slates are missing. There are no chimneys or rainwater goods. The walls are constructed of random rubble and show remnants of lime render. The front elevation, facing north, features a projecting gabled porch at the extreme left, its apex nearly level with the eaves, with overhanging eaves and plain bargeboards. It has a vertically-boarded door on its north face, and the sides are blank. To the right of the porch, each bay contains a single window on each floor. All windows have roughly dressed granite sills and retain traces of original 1/1 margin-paned sliding sash windows. The left gable is directly adjoined by the outbuilding. The rear elevation has a single top-hung metal window, without a sill, to the ground floor on the left. A modern metal-sheeted door provides access at the right end. The right gable is blank.

The outbuilding mirrors the construction of the house. A cement verge is visible on the left side of its front elevation. It has an advanced eaves course and a metal downpipe on the left side of the front elevation; the guttering is absent. The front elevation, facing the road, has two window openings on each floor, aligned with each other. Ground floor windows have granite sills. To the right is a small ventilation opening, infilled what was once a doorway. A vertically-boarded loading door is set into the centre of the left gable, framed by cement render, likely indicating a later addition. The rear elevation has two ground floor door openings, and the extreme left is abutted by the remains of a lower shed with fragmentary monopitched corrugated metal roofing. The right gable is completely abutted by the house.

The buildings are situated directly along the roadside, with a rear garden to the house containing additional, unremarkable outbuildings, all enclosed by a drystone boundary wall. The property was shown on the 1835 Ordnance Survey map and subsequent editions.