Former Northern Bank, 108-110 Victoria Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 3GN

Three storey former bank building with mansard roof attic on corner of May St and Victoria St. Designed by Godfrey Ferguson in 1919-1921 in Classical style. In early 21st century a fifth floor was added. The fifth floor has a flat roof and is set far back from the original elevation. The main mansard roof has slate topped by a copper flashing. Rainwater pipes are uPVC. The walls are ashlar Portland stone, rusticated to the ground floor and the giant pilasters; moulded, dentilled cornice above which rises a parapet of alternate panels of solid stone and balusters, and pedimented dormers flanked by volutes; strings run at second floor lintel level and first floor above the cornice of the ground floor entablature which is inscribed with NORTHERN BANKING COMPANY LIMITED to the main elevations and ESTABLISHED 1824 to the canted corner. The windows are square headed; the mansard windows have moulded lugged architraves and cornices of black painted timber; the second floor have moulded architraves; those to the first floor have triangular or segmental pediments over moulded architraves; the ground floor windows have rusticated flat arches with volute keystones. The corner entrance door has a flat moulded architrave with egg and dart cornice, a guilloche wreath surrounds a panel to the flat lintel inscribed with BANK, an over light sits above the entablature, the stone step is curved. The windows are 2 pane replacement timber throughout. The double doors are 3 panelled. The west elevation is 6 windows wide with the canted corner to the south. The dormers to the north and the canted corner define bays which are flanked by pilasters and have segmental pediments over the first floor windows. The third window from the north on the ground floor has a higher cill level. The south elevation is 6 windows wide, the fourth from the west is tri-partite on each level. The dormer bay matches that of the west elevation with the exception of the ground floor opening which is a large modern entrance screen. The east elevation is a solid red brick wall in English garden wall bond with the later extension to the north in render. The north elevation is abutted by a modern building. Setting 78-80 May Street, 108-110 Victoria St. sits on a busy junction in the city. Further east on May St. lies the Royal Courts of Justice (HB26/50/180), St. George's Market buildings (HB26/30/028), HB26/50/029, on the opposite corner of May St and Cromac St is May's Chambers HB26/50/033. Roof: natural slate Walls: Portland stone Windows: timber RWGs: uPVC