Survey Data
Reg No
32314026
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Munster and Leinster Bank
Original Use
Bank/financial institution
In Use As
Garda station/constabulary barracks
Date
1920 - 1940
Coordinates
166259, 315658
Date Recorded
30/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay two-storey rendered former bank, built c. 1930, now in use as Garda Station. Hipped slate roof set behind parapet, clay ridge and hip tiles, painted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack. Painted smooth-rendered walling, smooth-rendered parapet stepping up at centre, plain frieze interrupted by vertically-reeded panels and separated from parapet above and walling below by horizontal channeled joints, blank smooth-rendered oblong fascia above ground floor windows on paired stylised square corbels, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, tripartite window to centre of ground floor, double projecting render surround to central first floor window, painted masonry sills, uPVC casement windows to first floor and side (south) elevation, painted timber casement windows to ground floor front elevation, geometric wrought-iron guards to ground floor windows. Square-headed door opening, rectangular overlight with geometric style grille, hardwood double doors each with three raised-and-fielded panels, vertically-reeded render panel between top of door and overlight. Black and white floor tiling to lobby. Street fronted, buildings of varying heights stepping down street to north, detached two-storey property to south.
Appraisal
This highly individualistic police station, formerly a bank, combines Art Deco elements in an eclectic and uninhibited fashion quite at variance with its neighbours. It nevertheless contributes significantly to the character of streetscape.