Description

Oldrieve, Bell and Paterson, 1939. Massive 4-storey and attic 5-bay neo-Greek cubic bank containing double height banking hall within. Polished cream sandstone ashlar (stonecleaned). Base course with granite plinth; heavy dentilled cornice and solid parapet.

HANOVER STREET ELEVATION: tetrastyle Ionic portico in antis with full-height fluted columns; massive corniced door at centre flanked by grilled windows; 3 large corniced windows above surmounted by roundels. Single blank outer bays with rope-moulded and corniced doorcases at ground (blind to S).

ROSE STREET ELEVATION: 7-bay. 5 central bays with tall windows and further square windows below cornice; defined outer bays as outer portico bays above.

REAR ELEVATION: 7-bay. Window rising through 3 stories at centre with 2 windows above; otherwise regular fenestration with granite architraved door to left at ground and large window to right; 10 attic windows in parapet.

Timber sash and case and metal multi-pane windows.

INTERIOR: octagonal vestibule flanked by corner rooms leads to fine Greek cross plan banking hall with 2 more rooms in far corners; stained glass window on axis guarded by pair of giant columns; balcony at front; alabaster doorcases; 4 original suspended bronze lamps; trabeated ceiling. Now with mezzanine floor at centre.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17574251

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas