William Barre Memorial, St Patrick's C of I Churchyard, Church Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 2UA

Gothic Revival Memorial, c. 2.5m high, aligned N-S (front is east facing) in churchyard to south of the clock tower. Executed in honey-coloured sandstone with some ashlar granite detailing, it consists of a tall gable over a Gothic opening. Base course is stepped granite with two courses of canted sandstone over. Base is surmounted by a course of granite and a canted sandstone course; the latter has a pair of decorative miniature gablets to middle of north elevation (identical pair on north side are now missing). Gable has a pitched copping with a roll-moulded ridge and cusped gables at each end (much eroded). The eaves were foliated, but most has now eroded away. The gable head contains a carved (much eroded) trefoil, above which was a stone pinnacle with iron cross, all of which have been removed (and lie at foot of memorial). To E and W faces are small corbel stones which formerly supported the pinnacle. In centre of memorial is a Gothic opening with cusped trefoil inset to head. The archivolt retains remains of a foliated roll moulded reveal. Corners to reveals have truncated polished grey granite attached colonettes with eroded sandstone heads. There are similar colonettes to the four outer corners of the memorial. The opening has a pitched flush cill, with a small V-channel cut to centre. It seems that a memorial tablet was once inserted into this opening. To front (east face) over head of arch a raised ribbon is carved in the stone and falls in two levels. Top section states ‘ERECTED’ (first E now gone) and there are two sections to second level: ‘BY MRS’, ‘M. BARRE’. The ends of the ribbon fall down each side of the opening head - that to right is eroded off and that to left terminates in two spikes.