Survey Data
Reg No
14324017
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Technical
Original Use
Bank/financial institution
In Use As
Bank/financial institution
Date
1920 - 1930
Coordinates
271584, 264193
Date Recorded
31/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay two-storey bank, built in 1925, with attic accommodation. Pitched artificial slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, brick chimneystacks and dormer window. Ashlar stone to ground floor with pilasters and string course. Red brick to first floor with stone dentil cornice and dressings. Timber casement and sash windows. Timber panelled door with fanlight above, with carved door surround, flanked by engaged columns with entablature above. Cast-iron railings to front.
Appraisal
This fine example of regional bank building was designed by G. F. Beckett and C. A. Harrington. The form of the building and the materials used in its construction make a positive contribution to the streetscape. The building is an interesting architectural addition to the streetscape as it is representative of architectural design in the first half of the twentieth century. It is an interesting variation in the predominantly nineteenth-century streetscape of Athboy.