Atlas House

Atlas House is an insurance office building, now the premises of the Bank of Ireland, constructed in 1910 by architects William Perkin and George Bulmer. It is faced in Marmo and stands four storeys high with attics, located on an 11-bay corner site arranged in a pattern of 1:2:1:3:1:2:1. The ground floor is rusticated, featuring segmental-arched entrances and round-arched windows adorned with masks representing different races of the world on the keystones. The first-floor windows have segmental pediments, while a deep modillion cornice sits above the second floor. The third floor and attics are topped with triangular pediments. The facade is richly moulded and is dominated by a figure of Atlas at the corner. The building is noted for its fireproof construction using the Kahn system, with contractors W Nicholson and Son involved in its construction and sculpture models provided by Thewlis and Co. The interior has not been inspected. Perkin and Bulmer also designed the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company premises at Nos 26 & 27 Park Row, which are similarly faced in Marmo manufactured by the Burmantofts Company.