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Head Office, Caledonian Bank, 9-11 High Street, Inverness

A Category A Listed Building in Inverness Central, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.4779 / 57°28'40"N

Longitude: -4.2251 / 4°13'30"W

OS Eastings: 266676

OS Northings: 845251

OS Grid: NH666452

Mapcode National: GBR H8YY.TL8

Mapcode Global: WH4GH.29BR

Plus Code: 9C9QFQHF+4X

Entry Name: Head Office, Caledonian Bank, 9-11 High Street, Inverness

Listing Name: 9 and 11 High Street Bank of Scotland

Listing Date: 21 May 1971

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 379790

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB35251

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200379790

Location: Inverness

County: Highland

Town: Inverness

Electoral Ward: Inverness Central

Traditional County: Inverness-shire

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Description

Mackenzie & Matthews, 1847. Painted channelled ashlar, 3
storeys, 5 bay front. Advanced ground floor divided into
5 bays by piers supporting cornice and parapet surmounted
at ends by large vases carved with medallion portraits of
Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort; in end bays,
round-arched key-blocked doorways with wrought-iron gates.
In centre bays the ground floor carries a tetrastyle giant
Corinthian order surmounted by pediment with tympanum
containing carved allegorical figures by A Handyside
Ritchie. 1st and 2nd floors divided into 5 bays by giant
Corinthian pilasters. Aprons containing carved swags
below 2nd floor windows. Cornice and balustrade.
Alterations to interior, R Carruthers-Ballantyne &
Taylor, 1925.

Statement of Interest

Built as Head Office of the Caledonian Bank.

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