69-79 Dublin Road, Newry, Co Down, BT35 8DD

Edwardian terrace of six two and half storey/ two bay dwellings, with decorative bargeboarded dormers to street façade. Built as three pairs stepping down the hill towards the town. They are identical to 51-61 Dublin Rd (HB16/29/025). Pitched natural slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles and cast iron rainwater goods with cyma recta moulding resting on bracketed eaves. Red brick chimney with corbel coping to left gable of each property. Façade walls are rendered and lined in cement. Three continuous moulded string courses: above ground floor windows/doors, at first floor cill level, and above first floor windows. All openings are segmantally headed with chamfered reveals. Main windows are 1/1 (originally all sliding sash with horns). Entrance at right of each house. Door is panelled with beaded muntin with transom light above divided vertically into three. Two storey canted window bay to left of door; single window above door. Bays have flat parapeted roofs with gabled dormers above. The latter have a pair of semicircular-headed windows under bracketed bargeboard with quatrefoil panel embellishment. To right (in line with door) is hipped secondary dormer (with terracotta hip finials) with single 2/2 window. Of the six houses, four have replacement plastic windows. Setting: front gardens with cement rendered walls and wrought iron gates.