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Bank of Ireland — Balla

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Bank of Ireland — Balla
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Detached four-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey bank, designed 1926; built 1926-7, on an L-shaped plan with two-bay full-height projecting end bay. Sold, 2006. Renovated, 2008, to accommodate alternative use. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having cornices below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered stepped cornice having fluted consoles. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on moulded cushion course on rendered plinth with rusticated "sparrow pecked" quoins to corners. Square-headed off-central door opening with two steps, rendered doorcase with fluted pilasters supporting cornice on blind frieze, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings in square-headed recesses (ground floor) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings having bull nose-detailed reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows behind wrought iron bars. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with concrete sills, and concealed dressings having bull nose-detailed reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set back from line of street.

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