Bank of Ireland, 25 Campsie Road, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, BT79 0AE

Bank of Ireland, 25 Campsie Road, Omagh

A detached two-storey-over-basement brick bank in the Arts and Crafts style, dated 1894 and built to designs by Millar and Symes. The building is L-shaped on plan, facing north towards Campsie Road, with a slightly higher return to the north, a full-height projecting bay, a gabled porch, and a bank porch all to the north elevation. A single-storey addition extends to the east, and a later single-storey-over-basement flat-roofed extension projects to the west.

The roof is hipped with natural slate and finished with roll-top blue and black clay ridge tiles. The cornice is of dentilled brick supporting ogee-profile cast-iron gutters. The walling is Flemish-bonded red brick over a splayed basalt plinth. Windows are square-headed with moulded sandstone mullion-and-transom frames, fitted with painted timber 4-light over single-light casements. Doors are replacement round-headed painted timber with moulded panels and plate-glass fanlights.

The principal north elevation is asymmetrical. The exposed central section displays two bipartite 10-light casements with mullion at first-floor level and a single window to the right of ground floor, with a tripartite mullion-and-transom window to the left. The porch features a shaped gable with a terracotta panel embossed "1894" under the gablet. The door has a moulded sandstone architrave with ball finial-capped keyblock and is accessed by three basalt steps to the left.

The return to the right has a shaped gable. The first floor displays a tripartite mullion-and-transom window, whilst the ground floor is finished in sandstone ashlar with a moulded entablature (bearing modern Bank of Ireland embossed letters) that extends to the first-floor sill-course. A quadripartite mullion-and-transom window is flanked by two pillars on each side. The projecting bay to the left of the return has a single first-floor window on its exposed section. The bank porch to the left has a door with a moulded sandstone architrave with ball finial-capped keyblock sprung from moulded imposts and flanked by one pillar to the right and two to the left.

The east elevation, partially abutted by the addition, shows a single square-headed painted timber 8-light casement with moulded sandstone sill. The rear south elevation is multi-bay and cement rendered, with a variety of square-headed painted timber 1/1 sashes at ground floor fitted with metal protection grilles. The eaves are raised to the centre with a half-gabled wallhead over two windows.

The west elevation, partially abutted by the extension, displays a single first-floor window and two chimneybreasts. The extension walling is painted block-marked with moulded cornice and sill-course, featuring a tripartite mullion-and-transom window to the left and five modern diminutive casement windows to the right. A round-headed ATM projection with moulded archivolt springs from pillars to the left cheek.

The site is bounded by a low wall and railings to the front and a tall wall to the rear. The front is landscaped with potted plants and gravel whilst the rear is set out in lawn.