Survey Data
Reg No
15615013
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
National Bank of Ireland
Original Use
Bank/financial institution
In Use As
Office
Date
1920 - 1925
Coordinates
291664, 119742
Date Recorded
24/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached seven-bay two-storey bank, built 1923-4, on a rectangular plan. Closed, ----. Now in alternative use. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered off-central chimney stack having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls on rendered plinth. Pair of square-headed central door openings with two steps, rendered surrounds with monolithic pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed hood mouldings on blind friezes framing timber panelled doors having overlights. Square-headed window openings with drag edged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set back from line of street in landscaped grounds with wrought iron railings to perimeter centred on wrought iron double gates.
Appraisal
A bank erected to a design by Fuller and Jermyn (formed 1916) of Great Brunswick Street [Pearse Street], Dublin (DIA), representing an important component of the early twentieth-century built heritage of Taghmon with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the rectilinear plan form centred on Classically-detailed doorcases; and the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the restrained interior, thus upholding the character or integrity of a bank making a pleasing visual statement in a rural village street scene.