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Northern Bank, Mohill, Co. Leitrim

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 22 older comments, and then…
• DannyM8 said:

  I think I see a Dog? I see a woman on the roof playing a harpsichord??? - she might be playing "Money In The Bank" by Lonesome River Band!

• Sharon Corbet said:

  Streetview.

• DannyM8 said:

  Description Detached multiple-bay two- and three-storey double-pile Art Nouveau bank, built c.1910, with an advanced gable-fronted bay to west and porch to east. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and terracotta ridge tiles. Roughcast render to walls with tooled stone quoins, plinth, string course, parapet and cornice. Entrance porch with semi-circular pediment and double timber panelled doors. Second door opening with timber and glazed panelled door with concrete hood approached by steps. Timber sash windows with stone block-and-start surrounds. Circular windows in front and eastern elevations with stained glass panes in eastern elevation. Stone plinth with cast-iron railings to front. Bank fronts directly onto street. Appraisal This bank is a rare Irish example of Art Nouveau architecture, possibly designed by W.H. Byrne or Godfrey William Ferguson. The artistic detailing on the exterior is of high-quality craftsmanship and enhances the elaborate form of the bank. The building is an interesting architectural addition to the streetscape and is representative of quality twentieth-century architecture. From: www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&...

• Niall McAuley said:

  An almost empty entry in the DIA says the building was referenced in 1910, so it must have been built by/around that time.

• Sharon Corbet said:

  Niall McAuley A "Backward Glance to 100 years ago" article in the Leitrim Guardian claims 1902.