{"id":601429,"date":"2026-05-24T12:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/601429\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T12:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:59:15","slug":"newry-arts-centre-landmark-building-to-disappear-from-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/601429\/","title":{"rendered":"Newry Arts Centre: Landmark building to disappear from city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One of Newry&#8217;s most prominent buildings will be demolished shortly to make way for a major redevelopment in the city centre. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The former Sean Hollywood Arts Centre will be knocked down in order to extend the neighbouring town hall, creating a single theatre and conference venue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The final public performance at Newry Town Hall takes place on Sunday, before it too shuts to accommodate the two-year construction project. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But while the town hall&#8217;s closure will be temporary, the demolition of the arts centre will bring the final curtain down on a significant local landmark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">So why was permission granted to demolish such a building? <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">With its neoclassical facade, and Georgian-style windows, the arts centre may look old, but looks can deceive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In fact, the current building is a 1980s version of the original edifice which once stood in its place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Newry&#8217;s most prominent buildings will be demolished shortly to make way for a major redevelopment in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-601429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}