Ulster Bank — Abbey Street

Detached three- or four-bay two-storey bank with dormer attic, designed 1904; built 1904-5, on a square plan. Occupied, 1911. Refenestrated, ----. Hipped gabled slate roof centred on pair of lean-to slate roofs to window openings to dormer attic, roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on box eaves retaining cast-iron conical hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast walls (ground floor) on "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cushion course on rendered plinth with rendered block quoins to corners supporting iron-covered "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice on blind frieze; roughcast surface finish (first floor). Camber-headed window openings (ground floor) with "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed sill course, and moulded surrounds with hood mouldings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with moulded surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): vestibule (south) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to diagonal timber boarded ceiling; banking hall (north) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; and (first floor): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings. Street fronted with lichen-spotted cut-limestone "saddleback" plinth to perimeter supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron railings.