Bank of Ireland — Pearse Street

Attached three-bay three-storey double-pile bank, designed 1875; built 1875-8; extant 1890, on a square plan with three-bay three-storey side (south) elevation. Pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof behind parapet with clay ridge tiles, red brick Flemish bond chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, an concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed drag edged dragged limestone ashlar walls (ground floor) on drag edged dragged limestone ashlar stepped plinth with dragged cut-limestone dentilated "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice below blocking course; repointed red brick Flemish bond surface finish (upper floors) with dragged cut-limestone "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice below parapet having iron- or zinc-covered coping. Camber-headed window openings (ground floor) in camber-headed recesses between drag edged dragged limestone ashlar pilasters with cut-limestone sills, and moulded archivolts centred on scroll keystones framing fixed-pane timber fittings. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with dragged cut-limestone lugged surrounds supporting segmental pediments on panelled friezes framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Camber-headed window openings (top floor) with dragged cut-limestone thumbnail beaded sill course, and dragged cut-limestone lugged surrounds centred on diamond pointed keystones framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (upper floors): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Street fronted with cobbled footpath to front.