1855 – National Irish Bank, 71 South Mall, Cork
Good quality bank branch on South Mall. Much closer in size to bank branches in Irish country towns rather than other banks along the mall.
Good quality bank branch on South Mall. Much closer in size to bank branches in Irish country towns rather than other banks along the mall.
Built as a branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland, and now a branch for AIB.
Before the formation of AIB, this was known as the Royal Bank. The exterior is fairly straight forward classicism with a good neo-classical porch added in 1850.
The former bank , constructed for the Belfast Banking Co., is built of limestone ashlar with an elaborate façade at street-level.
Constructed as the headquarters of the Ulster Bank, and now a luxury hotel. Hamilton won the commission after an architectural competition in 1857 that attracted over 50 competitors from across the UK and Ireland.
Published in The Building News, January 27 1860. Possibly the Ontario Bank of 1862 on Place d’Armes in Montreal.
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Published in The Builder, August 25 1860.
The Provincial Bank opened in Athlone in 1827. It was the first branch of a large commercial bank to be opened in the town.
Competition entry for headquarters of the National Bank on College Green. The National Bank was a competitior of the Bank of Ireland opposite and seen very much as a bank for catholic businessmen rather than the Anglo-Irish aristocracy.