Royal Bank Of Scotland, The Cross, Kilmarnock

W J Walker Todd for Dick Peddie, Todd & Jamieson of Edinburgh, Architects, 1937 - 1939; opened June 1939. 2-storey, classical moderne bank building; 5-bay domed rotunda to centre with angled elevations flanking. Polished Heworth Burn ashlar, channelled at ground, on black granite plinth. Base, band and eaves course.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: 2-storey, 5-bay rotunda: tall arched windows with ashlar voussoirs and massive consoled keystones to outer and central bays of ground floor; narrow window to bays 2 & 4 with stylised swag and tail sculpture above keystone; band course; 5 rectangular windows to 1st floor. Architraved frieze carved with ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND; cornice with heavy banded base of main dome above.

SW ELEVATION: projecting 2-storey, 2-bay, adjoining rotunda to rear. Advanced bay to left, architraved doorway with sculpted frieze portraying three coins flanked by saltires, dentilled cornice surmounting; 2-leaf timber panelled door with brass handle, letterbox and roundel decorations. Rectangular plaque inset into band course, inscribed ROYAL BANK. Central window with lintel course to 1st floor. Architraved cornice, parapet with raised rectangular central pediment. To right bay, tall narrow window to ground floor with stylised swag and tail sculpture above keystone; band course; square window to 1st floor. Architraved eaves course leading to banded base of main dome to rear. Blind return to right.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: adjoining much later 2-storey buildings.

SE ELEVATION: projecting 2-storey, 2-bay, adjoining rotunda to rear. Advanced bay to right: tall arched bay with rusticated voussoirs; band course; central window with lintel course to 1st floor. Architraved cornice, parapet with raised rectangular central pediment. To left bay, tall narrow window to ground floor with stylised swag and tail sculpture above keystone; band course; square window to 1st floor. Architraved eaves course leading to banded base of main dome to rear. Blind return to left. Further 2 similar bays to right forming now separate shop.

9 & 12-pane painted metal windows with metal glazing bars to 1st floor with 3-pane opening top hoppers. Metal windows to ground floor with 2 main panes and margin lights. 3 large arched metal windows to bow of ground floor, large central pane with roundel surmounting, glazed panel below, margin panes surrounding all. Copper domed roof surmounting wide bowed main elevation, ornate bronze finial with flagpole surmounting; roofing to rest of building concealed by parapets. Concealed cast-iron rainwater goods. Long ashlar stack to NW of building; plain cans.

INTERIOR: to former banking hall: partial timber panelling of Indian Silver greywood; Hoptonwood marble floor with ornament in Swedish green marble and Italian green, centrepiece a mosaic 1939 "three penny" piece.