This fine building was erected in 1885 as “Thompson House for the Incurables”, named after a local surgeon (William Thompson MD) who had tragically died three years earlier.
Terraced four-bay two-storey limestone faced bank, built 1891, with a fine tripartite bow window. But the real job of the facade is the front door;
Wonderfully eccentric bank branch from a time when so many branches were in fairly standard neo-classical,
Unusual but charming Art Nouveau inspired bank branch for the Northern Bank. It has two circular windows in front and eastern elevations with stained glass panes in the eastern elevation of the banking hall.
Designed by Godfrey W. Ferguson who was architect to the Northern Banking Co. and designed many of its branch banks across the country.
