Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Belfast Bank
Town Parks, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Demolished
- Date of construction
- 1820 - 1839
- Address
- Belfast Bank, 19 Main Street, Larne, Co Antrim
- Townland
- Town Parks
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.85129, -5.82038
- Date of survey
- 14 February 1998
- HB reference
- HB06/12/007
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Demolished and replaced by a new bank.
Described in the first survey in 1970 as 'A three-storey building with a single storey porch and banking hall. Ground floor and porch are horizontally channeled below a moulded string course continued as a cornice with pierced ballustrade over porch. The parapet of the banking hall exhibits a similar finish. Upper floors of tall building have raised quoins and contain three windows on each floor set in square moulded architraves. First floor double-hung windows are plain; second floor have full glazing bars. Plain sashed windows of banking hall are flanked by plain pilasters supporting semi-circular arches with moulded archivolts and keystones. Modillions support eaves-cornice; the roof is slated. Door to three storey front is set in a square moulded architrave.'
Historical information
Believed to have been built in 1836. Demolished in 1970s or 1980s.
References - Secondary
1. 1956 Planning Report.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Demolished and replaced by a new bank.
Nearby in the register
- 11-13 Main StreetShopunder 1 mi
- 7-9 Main StreetShopunder 1 mi
- Former Northern BankOfficeunder 1 mi
- 1-3 Main StreetShopunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.