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Heritage at Risk(v1.0)
Former Market House Church Square Rathfriland Newry Co Down BT34 5PT
C Gerrow

HB Ref No:
HB16/08/008

Address
Former Market House Church Square Rathfriland Newry Co Down BT34 5PT

Townland:
Cross

Status:
Currently at Risk

Listing Grade:
B1


HARNI Number:
HARNI 16/08/001

Conservation Area:
No

Condition:
Poor

Industrial Archeology:
No

Occupancy:
Vacant

Vernacular:
No

Degree of Risk:
High

Thatched:
No

Availability:
Unavailable

Monument:
No

Current Building Use:
Recreational Club

Derelict:
No


Description

'An important focal point for the square in Rathfriland, the former market house was described in the O.S. Memoirs as a “plain old market house, in which once a month is held the manor court house”. Dating form the 1760s, it was last used as a recreational club, a function that ceased several years ago. It appeared in Buildings at Risk, Vol. 6, p. 81, and will hopefully find a new sustainable use that it so obviously deserves. The building remains in fair condition while a permanent use has still not come to fruition. As of 2022, the building is still vacant and a number of windows are boarded up. Refs: O.S. Memoirs of Ireland, Parishes of County Down 1, Vol. 3, p. 15