Bank Of Scotland, 40, 42 Union Street, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Former bank. 1 related planning application.
Bank Of Scotland, 40, 42 Union Street, Aberdeen
- WRENN ID
- tattered-pillar-sunrise
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Constituency
- Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Former bank
- Address
- Bank Of Scotland, 40, 42 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1BD
- OS grid reference
- NJ 942 062
- Coordinates
- 57.14746, -2.09626
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Bank of Scotland, located at 40-42 Union Street in Aberdeen, is an early 19th century building with later additions. This symmetrical, four-storey, five-bay former bank, which has been in commercial use since 2006, features distinctive double-height, pilastered, segmental arched openings in the central three bays. It is constructed of grey granite ashlar with raised margins and has channelled rustication around the flanking entrance doors. The building includes a base course, cill course, band courses, a modillioned cornice above the third storey, and a blocking course. The central entrance is flanked by slightly advanced outer bays, each with two-leaf, four-panel timber entrance doors topped with fanlights. The doorpieces are adorned with Corinthian columns and have consoled parapetted balconies with ball finials. The third storey windows feature panelled aprons.
The upper storeys predominantly have four and six-pane timber sash and case windows, while the ground and central first storey have non-traditional glazing. The roof is covered with grey slates and features gable and ridge stacks.
Inside, as observed in 2006, there is notable decorative plasterwork on the ceiling of the central former banking hall.
Local climate
Bank Of Scotland, 40, 42 Union Street, Aberdeen receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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