The town hall, which was the headquarters of Newry Urban District Council, is a Grade B1 listed building.

[1] The design of the building involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Bank Parade; the central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward, featured an arched doorway flanked by Doric order columns supporting an entablature inscribed with the words "Town Hall", above which there was an open pediment containing a large cartouche with the town's coat of arms.

[1] The outer bays of the central section featured round headed windows flanked by pilasters on the first floor and there was a balustrade with corner urns at roof level.

[6] The town hall continued to serve as the meeting place of Newry Urban District Council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Newry and Mourne District Council was established in new offices at Monaghan Row shortly after it was formed in 1973.

[10] A large stone monolith intended to commemorate the achievement of the mountaineer, Terence Bannon, as the second person from Northern Ireland to reach the summit of Mount Everest, was unveiled by the mayor of Newry, Councillor Jack Patterson, outside the town hall on 28 May 2004.