{"id":2687,"date":"2023-06-02T12:06:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T12:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/?p=2687"},"modified":"2022-12-12T12:10:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T12:10:12","slug":"northern-bank-109-111-royal-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/02\/northern-bank-109-111-royal-avenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Bank, 109-111 Royal Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was built for the Northern Bank between 1884-85.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Designed by John Lanyon, son of the famous Charles, Belfast architecture commentator C.E.B. Brett described the work as \u2018perhaps John Lanyon\u2019s most successful work\u2019.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" id=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The structure is of Italianate design, featuring a low pitched roof, richly ornamented windows, a belvedere (tower to see the view from), round arched windows, balustrade, cornice (ledge that forms a horizontal decorative moulding) and projecting cornices with heavy brackets over the and doorways.&nbsp;Monogram of NB is set in the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The building featured living space for the manager on the first and second floor and bank porter in the attic.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" id=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you want to learn more about the history of Belfast? See this and other structures on <a href=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/architecture-tour\/\">Buildings &amp; Bricks<\/a> Tour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g98de7b\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e6 section-g98de7b gutentor-element gutentor-element-image\"><div class=\"gutentor-element-image-box\"><div class=\"gutentor-image-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"normal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220704_094139-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Marcus Patton, Central Belfast, An Historical Gazetteer (Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society), p.285.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast, 1700-1914 Revised Edition&nbsp; (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985), p.54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" id=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> Marcus Patton, Central Belfast, An Historical Gazetteer (Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society), p.285.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was built for the Northern Bank between 1884-85.[1] Designed by John Lanyon, son of the famous Charles, Belfast architecture commentator C.E.B. 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