Allied Irish Bank

Terraced four-bay two-storey bank with dormer attic, built 1902-3; extant 1911. Pitched slate roof behind parapet centred on flat roof to window opening to dormer attic with roll moulded clay ridge tiles, moss-covered cut-limestone[?] coping to gables with red brick Flemish bond chimney stacks to apexes having dragged cut-limestone stepped capping supporting ribbed terracotta pots, rooflights to rear (north-east) pitch, and concealed rainwater goods retaining "battlemented" cast-iron hoppers and square profile downpipes with cast-iron rainwater goods to rear (north-east) elevation retaining cast-iron downpipes. drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar wall (ground floor) on "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cushion course on plinth with drag edged dragged limestone ashlar channelled piers to ends supporting dentilated "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on pulvinated frieze on entablature; repointed red brick Flemish bond surface finish (first floor) with drag edged dragged limestone ashlar channelled piers to ends supporting modillioned "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on frieze on entablature below iron- or lead-covered parapet. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and dragged cut-limestone surrounds centred on keystone below "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornices on pulvinated friezes framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): vestibule with mosaic tiled floor centred on emblem ("PBI"), and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; Classical-style timber surround to door opening into manager's residence framing glazed timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight; entrance hall-cum-staircase hall including top-lit staircase on a dog leg plan with diagonal timber "match stick" balusters supporting timber banister terminating in timber newels, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landings framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornices to ceilings; (first floor): dining room (north-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; drawing room (south-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, replacement chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and (dormer attic): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings, and Classical-style chimneypieces. Street fronted with concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.