Church Hall (former school house), [?2] Bryansford Avenue, Newcastle, County Down, BT33 OAX is a listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

Church Hall (former school house), [?2] Bryansford Avenue, Newcastle, County Down, BT33 OAX

WRENN ID
tattered-wattle-blackthorn
Grade
Local Planning Authority
Newry, Mourne and Down
Constituency
South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
Country
Northern Ireland
Irish grid reference
J 377 315
Coordinates
54.21398, -5.88982
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This is a simple, gabled former school house, originally built in the 1870s and 1880s, with a gabled return. A modern, flat-roofed extension has been added recently. The building now serves as one of two church halls for the local Presbyterian church.

The main building is a single-storey gabled structure, with a further gabled return. A modern, flat-roofed extension projects from the left side of the south elevation, featuring two modern high-level windows. To the right of the extension are three, equally spaced, mock sash and case windows (appearing as 6 over 9 panes) with segmental arch heads and raised surrounds. A recessed entrance door is located on the east face of the flat-roofed extension. The east facade of the original building presents a blank gable with overhanging eaves and a painted bargeboard. The north facade displays an off-centre gabled return, with two symmetrically placed windows matching those on the south side. A timber door is located on the east face, while the west face is blank. Windows matching the others are positioned to either side of the return: two to the left and one to the right. The west facade was originally gabled but is now largely obscured by a flat-roofed extension with high-level windows – two to the west face and one to its north face. The corners of the original building are finished with moulded quoins. The building stands within its own grounds, now tarmacadamed for use as a car park. A low, rendered wall with concrete copings and modern, arrow-head railings defines the boundary.

Local climate

Church Hall (former school house), [?2] Bryansford Avenue, Newcastle, County Down, BT33 OAX sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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