Bank Of Scotland, 141 Princes Street, Edinburgh

The Bank of Scotland, located at 141 Princes Street in Edinburgh, was designed by H O Tarbolton of Dick Peddie & Walker Todd in 1926. This former bank features a severe classical style and is a symmetrical, four-storey, three-bay building constructed from polished grey ashlar granite, which is channelled at the first and second floors. The ground floor is framed by massive square piers, and a pair of polished black granite columns with capitals create a tripartite entrance, behind which is a modern smoked glass screen. The building is topped with a dentilled cornice.

On the first floor, the central window is adorned with an architrave, cornice, and window guard with a flagpole, while the flanking windows feature keystones. Above the second floor, there is a bracketed cornice with a decorative cast-iron balcony, and the third or attic floor has a simple cornice and blocking course. The windows are 12-pane timber sash and case, and the roof is covered with grey slates, featuring a piended design and tall granite stacks with moulded copes.

Inside, the banking hall boasts a glazed dome and cupola, with capitalled columns and pilasters, a decorative plasterwork ceiling, panelled walls, and modern counters.