Bank of Ireland, 82A Main Street, Bangor, Co Down, BT20 4AG

A three/four-storey over basement, seven-bay Art Deco Bank of Ireland, built c.1937 to designs by A.G.C. Millar of Dublin. Irregular plan form located centrally within Bangor Town, on Main Street opposite listed structures HB25/05/001 and HB23/05/025, at the junction of Main Street and Hamilton Road. The roofing is a felt covered flat roof. Cast-iron rainwater goods to the rear of the building. The walling is Portland stone to ground floor terminated by continuous projecting stone string course; upper floors are brown brick Flemish bond rising to painted stone parapet level. Obscured chimney stacks with variable pots. Replacement PVC windows with plain smooth stone surrounds; replacement shop fronts to ground floor level. Double leaf timber door with vertical arrangement of varied and fielded panels with original ironmongery. The principal elevation faces east and is symmetrically arranged; four-storey recessed central bay with matching three-storeys to either side. The principal entrance is located centrally within a splayed recess flanked by two small oblong windows. First and second floor windows are set in a double-height Portland stone panel with heavy section mullions; chevron embossed panels between first and second floor; clock face above; rising to parapet level, symmetrical stone stepped Art-Deco formation embracing tripartite window to third-floor. Balcony railing at first floor level removed. To either side of central tower is modern shop front ground floor; side bays are three windows wide to first floor with matching, slightly diminished second floor rising to matching stepped parapet level. South elevation matching in detail. No openings to ground floor. Single window to first and second floor. West (rear) elevation; irregular form with projections at various heights and levels; render finish, no decoration. Forms part of an enclosed yard. North elevation three-storey, five windows wide. Elevation kinked to follow alignment of road; replacement shop frontage to ground floor. Single diminutive window at first floor level of two storey section on the right hand side. Adjacent secured gated entrance to yard to right of no interest. Setting The building is sited at the convergence of Hamilton Road and Castle Street with Main Street, in the vicinity of several other listed structures. Main Street is lined with two and three storey retail and commercial premises. Central Avenue located to the north of the site is a secondary route and lined primarily with two-storey, smaller retail and residential premises. Walling Portland stone/render/brick Roofing Felt Window uPVC RWG Cast iron