Clydesdale Bank, 230 George Street, Aberdeen

The Clydesdale Bank, located at 230 George Street in Aberdeen, was designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie for Matthews and Mackenzie Architects in 1883. This three-storey, four-bay Classical bank building occupies a prominent corner site and is constructed from grey granite ashlar with finely tooled dressings.

The design features a base course with channelled rustication, moulded cill courses at the ground and first floors, and a prominent moulded cornice. There is an additional cornice above the garreted third storey. The advanced corner bay includes a broad, round-arch doorway to the west, flanked by giant clasping Ionic columns that rise to the second storey. Within the arch, there is a cast-iron grill featuring a coat of arms and thistle motif, with stone mullioned bipartite openings above.

Channelled pilasters of equal height flank the advanced corner bay to the south and terminate the bays on the west and south elevations. Ionic columns also flank the recessed ground floor openings on the west and the south corner bay. To the far right bay, there is a further recessed timber doorway.

The windows are timber sash and case with plate glass glazing, featuring glazing bars in the upper third at the ground floor. The roof is covered with grey slate and has a shallow pitch, with corniced ashlar stacks and octagonal clay cans.