Public Swimming Baths, Seaview, Warrenpoint, Newry, Co Down, BT34 3NJ

Built on the beach, on the seaward side of the coast road, opposite junction with Queen Street. The structure is low, all built below sea wall level, projecting out from shore into tidal zone and topped by a kiosk overlooking pool. The kiosk is approached from the street by a slightly inclined concrete walkway bounded to each side by a three-bar steel railing. The walkway also forms the roof of a building underneath. This has a large double-door and infilled window on its left (north) side with a t+g doorway on right side at right end. The kiosk has a square shallow swept lead-sheeted roof with metal finial and deep projecting eaves carrying modern plastic gutters. Smooth rendered and painted walls (probably over concrete). Canted to street elevation, its three faces and left cheek have modern timber windows. Rear (pool) elevation has projecting chamfered chimney breast to centre and fixed window to right. Right elevation has a metal entrance door. Quarter-turn concrete steps lead down at left of kiosk to semi-basement below kiosk and flanking changing rooms. This lower floor of kiosk has a modern metal door at right and a small window to left (on pool elevation). Ladies changing room is to the north. Flat tarred concrete roof with concrete block coping. Smooth rendered and painted walls (probably concrete). At right, on pool elevation, is a metal door, to left of which is a small rectangular window. To right of this room is a concrete screen wall with metal door through to outside and concrete walkway across beach to ramp up to street level. This room also has a small window to N elevation and two smaller windows to street facade. Men's changing room to south side of kiosk. Flat tarred concrete roof, but no coping; walls as ladies' changing room. Two metal doors to pool elevation and small window to south face. Area in front of kiosk and men's rooms is paved with contrasting coloured hexagonal concrete flags. Flanked to S by a high painted concrete wall and to poolside by modern timber parapet. Three wooden benches overlook pool. At left (north), a wide flight of concrete steps, opposite ladies changing rooms, lead down into pool (now dry). Uniform operating depth of 90cm (3ft). Shuttered concrete walls and walkway around (slightly projecting to seaward faces). Six stainless steel ladders also lead down into pool. Seaward side of walkway has vertical metal parapet around. Street entrance comprises a curved strap-pointed granite screen with a pair of painted steel gates to middle. Over is a modern sign reading "East Coast Adventure Centre".