Building to right of, St. Colman's Hall, Trevor Hill, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1DN

Building to the Right of St. Colman's Hall, Trevor Hill, Newry

A four-storey building with basement, four openings wide, positioned on the east side of Trevor Hill. The pitched roof is natural slated with cement render chimneys to each gable; the right chimney abuts that of the adjacent property. The gutter is concealed behind a blocking course with a metal downpipe to the right of the façade.

The façade walls are painted lime render with banded rustication to the ground floor. A string course runs between the ground and first floors. A broad platband and continuous cill course sits below the first floor windows, a broad two-stage platband between the second and third floors, and a projecting cornice with raised blocking course marks the eaves.

The main entrance is right of centre at ground floor level. Five granite steps rise from the street over the basement passage to a paved area at the front door. The door is modern timber with six panels and beaded muntins, set within a rendered frame with side lights and a three-paned transom. The frame is flanked by a pair of panelled stucco pilasters with large foliated console brackets supporting a moulded entablature.

At ground floor, there are two windows to the left of the door and one to the right, all 1/1 sliding sashes with moulded architraves and painted cills supported by small corbel blocks. At basement level, a modern six-panelled timber door sits below the left ground floor window. To its right, below the other ground floor window, is an infilled window with cill remaining. No opening exists below the right ground floor window, though render marks suggest one may originally have been present. The basement passage is accessed by a flight of granite steps from a gate at the front left; the arch formerly under the front steps is now infilled. The basement and front steps are enclosed by modern spiked railings on a granite chamfered plinth.

The upper floors each have four windows in line with those below, except the window over the door is offset to the right, creating a larger space between the second and third windows. First floor windows are 1/1 sliding sashes with moulded architraves, friezes, entablatures, and apron panels, with a continuous cill. Second floor windows are diminished in height and are 1/1 sliding sashes with moulded architraves as the ground floor. Third floor windows rest on the platband course and are similar to those on the second floor, though the top sash is larger, suggesting they were once 6/3 sashes.

The right gable is partially abutted by the adjacent building, with the exposed section rendered in unpainted cement. The left gable is partially abutted by St. Colman's Hall. The remainder of the wall is cement rendered with façade detailing at third floor turning the corner. A single window in a plain reveal opens to the third floor right, with a frame matching those on the façade.

The rear elevation has unpainted cement render walls. A left bay projects under a cat slide roof continuing from the main roof. The ground floor is almost entirely abutted by a single-storey double-height post-war extension of no architectural interest, except for a small portion to the left fronting an enclosed yard. Openings to the rear elevation are much altered, with metal-framed windows and fire escape doors inserted to the right wall. At third floor right is the last remaining original window, a 6/3 sliding sash with a granite cill. The left return contains sliding sash windows that appear recent and not in original openings.