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

A pair of single-storey/ two-bay direct-entry thatched vernacular dwellings with extensions at rear and side, directly on south side of Greencastle Street. No.59 is at left (as viewed from road) and No.61 at right. Traditional pitched thatch roof with wrap-over ridge, rendered verges and wired eaves; two rods at ridge and one at eaves. There are two chimneys both smooth rendered; one is on right gable and other is on party wall between the two properties. Wet cement-dashed walls. No.59 has a vertically-sheeted half-door in middle, with a 2/2 (vertically divided) sliding sash window to left and three vertical pane fixed window to right, both with narrow concrete cills. Left gable is blank. Right gable forms party wall with No 61. The rear elevation is abutted by a short link block to annexes at rear. The link belonging to No.59 is at extreme right, and its flat roof cuts into the rear pitch of the thatch. Its yard-facing elevation has a t+g sheeted door flanked by a 2x3 fixed timber light on each side. The opposite face, which is flush with the left gable of the main block, is blank. The exposed section of the main block of No.59, to left of link block, contains a 2/2 sash with cement rendered dressing and cill. The one-storey annex has a pitched natural slate roof and its walls are as the main block. Its rear (south) elevation of the annex has a 2/2 sliding sash at middle, and a pair of 2/2 sliding sashes to either side. All other walls are blank. The roof timberwork is part original.