Bank Of Scotland, 92 Constitution Street, Edinburgh

The Bank of Scotland, located at 92 Constitution Street in Edinburgh, is a classical town house built around 1793. This three-storey, five-bay building features a rectangular plan and is constructed of sandstone. The east and south elevations are rendered over a polished ashlar ground floor, while the first and second floors are made of droved ashlar, with coursed rubble at the rear. The ground floor is rusticated and includes angle pilasters with stylised capitals that are fluted on the principal elevation. The first-floor windows are pilastered and corniced, featuring panelled and recessed aprons on the principal elevation. Above the first floor, there is a band course adorned with cameo roundels, a frieze with oval rosettes, angle urns, and a pediment topped with an urn finial. The windows are fitted with timber mullions.

On the east (principal) elevation, there is a closed pilastered porch at the centre with a parapet, leading to a panelled door and vestibule, with single windows on the first and second floors above. The remaining bays also feature single windows.

The south (Queen Charlotte) Street elevation has two bays. The ground floor includes a pilastered common stair doorway to the left of centre, flanked by a bipartite window on the left and two single windows on the right. The first and second floors have tripartite windows with narrow sidelights, although the windows in the right bay are blocked. A tall central wallhead stack with a panelled base is present.

The west (rear) elevation consists of four bays, with a band course above the first floor that encircles a round-arched tall stair window at the centre. The remaining bays have single windows. There is a central wallhead with a parapet screen that supports a wallhead stack. The remains of a gabled party wall with a tall apex stack from a demolished adjoining building can be seen to the right.

The building features timber sash and case windows, with plate glass and four-pane glazing. The first-floor windows on the principal elevation have been replaced with aluminium, while some rear windows retain twelve panes. The roof is black slated with an M-pitched design and lead flashings, and there are two wallhead stacks.

Inside, the ground floor boasts ornate egg and dart cornices and octagonal columns with elaborate foliate capitals.