Allied Irish Bank — High Street

Terraced five-bay four storey over basement bank, designed 1918; built 1921-2, on a rectangular plan with single-bay four-storey advanced end bays. Pitched slate roof behind parapet with ridge tiles, cut-limestone coping to gables with tooled limestone ashlar chimney stacks to apexes having ogee-detailed stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and concealed rainwater goods with cast-iron hoppers and square profile downpipes. Channelled limestone ashlar walls (ground floor) on moulded cushion course on limestone ashlar base with ogee-detailed cornice on frieze on stringcourse; margined tooled limestone ashlar walls (upper floors) with engaged Ionic columns supporting dentilated ogee-detailed cornice on frieze on architrave; margined tooled limestone ashlar walls (top floor) with drag edged cut-limestone monolithic pilasters supporting ogee-detailed cornice below balustraded parapet; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (remainder). Round-headed window openings (ground floor) with channelled limestone ashlar voussoirs centred on cut-limestone keystones framing fixed-pane timber fittings having casement overlights. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone surrounds centred on rosette-detailed keystones with ogee-detailed hood mouldings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (second floor) with cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Round-headed window openings (top floor) with cut-limestone archivolts framing timber casement windows having overlights. Street fronted with footpath to front.