10 Greencastle Street, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4BH

This two-story shop, built in the 1920s, occupies a prominent position in a terrace on the northern side of Greencastle Street, Kilkeel. The building appears to have originally been a dwelling, sharing a rear alley with the adjacent property. The roof is pitched, covered with man-made slate tiles, featuring corbelled eaves, half-round gutters, and matching downpipes. A cement-rendered chimney rises from the ridge. The front facade is finished with cement render.

The ground floor houses the shop, extending across the entire frontage. A central entrance door is recessed and glazed, flanked by large plate glass display windows. A mosaic floor in front of the door displays the name "McKnight," bordered by a green quatrefoil pattern. The entrance door is ¾ glazed with a timber frame; the small, lower panel is finely detailed, and the glazed upper panel is curved and etched with "McKnight" and foliage. Original pole handles are retained, and there is a plain transom above the door. Delicate turned timber mullions, resting on chamfered rendered stall-risers, separate the glazed sections of the recessed entrance from the flanking display windows. All timberwork is mahogany. Rendered pilasters, with chamfered bases and decorative console brackets supporting a timber fascia with a cornice and integral awning box, are positioned at each end of the shop front. The fascia displays “McKnight” in large lettering, with “Cash Tailors” to the left and “Seaman’s Outfitters” to the right in smaller lettering; traces of gold leaf remain in the decoration. A modern security roller shutter box is located just below the fascia. The first floor features two sliding sash windows of the 1/1 pattern with rendered sills. The side elevations are adjoined by neighboring properties, while the rear elevation is rendered and largely derelict, with most openings blocked and a small, ruinous return structure remaining.

According to the owner, the shop was installed in 1923 by Felix O’Hare, a builder from Newry. A house existed on this site as early as 1834, as recorded on that year’s town map, and was described in a 1862 valuation as measuring 22 feet by 20 feet 3 inches and extending two stories. Valuations continued to describe the building as a house until 1929, and possibly beyond.