Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/11/040

Address :
Public Toilets The Square Warrenpoint Newry Co Down BT34 3JT

Townland:
Ringmackilroy

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Closet

Former Use
Closet

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
277/9 SE

IG Ref:
J1421 1827

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Owner Category

Local Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

Square plan / single storey pavilion in centre of the Square. Pyramidal pitched natural slate roof with metal vent finial and parapet gutter. Walls are painted lined render with chamfered basecourse, moulded frieze rail, plain advanced cornice and plain blocking course. All windows are semicircular timber framed, divided into three equal width panes by vertical glazing bars. Moulded render architrave, with keystone which meets the frieze rail. All doors are modern stained t+g sheeted with semicircular fanlights and architraves as windows. SE and NW elevations are identical, each with two windows with plastic down pipes between them. NE and SW elevations are also identical, each with two central windows and door at each end. The left door of the NE elevation has been infilled, only its keystone now remaining.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

The council spent £1,500 in 1928 constructing these toilets and another block in the Town Park (HB16/12/029). Primary Sources: 1) L Bradley “Warrenpoint, Origins and Developments”, 1998, p109

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This small utilitarian building retains some character and occupies a prominent site within the Square.

General Comments

Date of Survey

11 October 1999