Ulster Bank in Ferbane

Detached five-bay two-storey bank with attic, built c.1900, with extensions to rear. Set back from road. Steeply hipped slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks oversailing eaves and dormer windows. Roughcast render to walls with ruled-and-lined render to plinth and smooth render to channelled quoins with plaque to first floor reading: 'Ulster Bank Limited'. Square-headed window openings to first floor and segmental-headed windows with moulded surrounds decorative keystone to ground floor. Replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed door opening with moulded surround and console brackets surmounted by segmental pediment, to double timber panelled doors with overlight. Set back from road with cut stone plinth and wrought-iron railings to front of site.

The regular from of this well proportioned bank is enhanced by the attention to detail. The moulded window surrounds with decorative keystones enhance the building’s façade, while the console brackets and segmental pediment add a classical character to the entrance. Located next to the Post Office and in close proximity to other commercial outlets along Main Street, the bank forms part of an group of commercial service buildings within the town.