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

This is an Edwardian terrace of six two-and-a-half storey, two-bay dwellings built between 1900 and 1919, primarily of interest for their contribution to the streetscape when viewed as a group. The houses are identical to those at 51-61 Dublin Road. They were built in three pairs, stepping down the hill towards the town. The roofs are pitched and covered in natural slate with terracotta ridge tiles and cast iron rainwater goods featuring a cyma recta moulding supported by bracketed eaves. Each property has a red brick chimney with corbelled coping to the left gable. The façade walls are rendered and lined with cement, punctuated by three continuous moulded string courses, positioned above the ground floor windows and doors, at the first floor cill level, and above the first floor windows. All window and door openings are segmentally headed with chamfered reveals. Originally, the windows were 1/1 sliding sash windows with horns, although four of the houses now have replacement plastic windows. The main entrance is located on the right side of each house leading to a panelled door with beaded muntins and a transom light divided vertically into three panels. A two-storey canted window bay is situated to the left of the door, with a single window above the door. These bays have flat, parapeted roofs topped with gabled dormers above, which feature a pair of semicircular-headed windows beneath a bracketed bargeboard with quatrefoil panel embellishments. A hipped secondary dormer, with terracotta hip finials and a single 2/2 window, is located to the right of the door, in line with the entrance. The front gardens are enclosed by cement-rendered walls and wrought iron gates. The properties were first recorded in the 1904 Valuation Revision book, and three of the six houses remained unoccupied until 1906.