Bank of Ireland — Eyre Square

Attached seven-bay two-storey bank, built c.1810, second and second-last bays being recessed slightly to give undulating appearance to façade. Two-storey addition to rear with recent three-storey extension. Tooled limestone parapet to front elevation with raised central panel having iron clock above set into and flanked by decorative cast-iron details, parapet also concealing gutters. Pitched roof and tooled limestone chimneystacks with stepped rendered caps, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Ashlar limestone to ground floor of front façade and lined-and-ruled render to first floor, with tooled limestone sill courses and plat band to eaves, arcade of round-headed recesses to ground floor with voussoirs and channelled pilasters. Roughcast rendered walls to north-east elevations of original block and rear addition. Round-headed window openings to ground floor of front elevation having tooled surrounds, fixed single-pane timber-framed windows with fanlights. Square-headed window openings to first floor of front elevation having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and tooled limestone lugged surrounds, with moulded cornice to middle window. Square-headed window openings to side elevation with painted stone sills and replacement six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed door openings to end bays of front elevation within round-headed recesses having voussoirs and lintel with replacement single and double-leaf timber glazed doors and fanlights. Moulded limestone stepped approaches and platforms to front with recent handrails. Chamfered cut limestone plinth to front supporting ornate cast-iron railings.