39 High Street, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 3HS

The site represents the footprint of a two-story terraced bank, likely originally a house dating to the mid-19th century. Located on the south side of High Street in Newtownards, the building was demolished in 1987 and replaced by a new bank. The original building appeared on Ordnance Survey maps from 1834, 1858-60, and was likely constructed around 1840-1850. It later housed the Belfast Savings Bank, subsequently known as the Trustee Savings Bank.

The building featured a decorative entrance doorway along with moulded architraves around the windows and gabled dormers. It included an elliptical arch-headed carriage entrance and raised quoins. The walls were rendered and lined, with a painted finish. The ground floor had channel jointing with a bevel base, while the first floor displayed raised quoins and a moulded eaves course. The attic windows were gabled, and the windows throughout were double-hung sash windows without astragals. The doorway featured four pilasters with moulding, brackets below a frieze lintol, a cornice, a blocking course and a low pediment shape above. This enclosed two leaded glass sidelights, a leaded fanlight, and a panelled door. A projecting clock and sign were situated above the bank entrance door. A long, horizontal bank window with a moulded architrave was another prominent feature. A then-recent jeweller shop, “Robert Wallace,” was situated in artificial marble. The building's frontage measured about 52 feet.

Records from 1836 and 1863, including Ordnance Survey maps and a valuation survey, provide additional details regarding the property's appearance and context.