National Bank, 65-71 Reform Street, Dundee

The National Bank, located at 65-71 Reform Street in Dundee, was designed by William Scott and completed in 1863. This impressive building features four storeys and is composed of eleven bays facing Reform Street and four bays on Meadowside, with a segmental angle bay. It showcases classical architectural detailing and is constructed from sandstone ashlar with a concealed slate roof.

The building has a base course and a ground floor that is paired-pilastered and balustraded, with a plain parapet along Meadowside and the angle. There is a cill band that runs along the first, second, and third floors, topped by a main cornice and a corniced blocking course at the third floor. The ground floor windows are aproned, while those on the first and second floors are architraved. The first floor windows at Reform Street and the angle are consoled and pedimented, and the windows facing Meadowside are corniced. The ground floor features border-glazed windows, while the upper floors have four-pane timber sash and case glazing. The building is capped with corniced axial stacks.

On the Reform Street elevation, there is a central doorpiece with fluted Ionic columns, flanked by four windows on either side. Each upper floor contains nine windows, and there is a door at the angle on the left, which has a consoled lintel and a checked and pilastered doorcase, along with a window on each upper floor.

The Meadowside elevation features three windows grouped in the center, with a window to the right and a door to the left that has a moulded doorcase and consoled lintel. Each upper floor has four windows. The interior has not been seen.