The Royal Bank Of Scotland, 2 High Street, Falkirk is a Grade B listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 October 1972. Bank building. 1 related planning application.

The Royal Bank Of Scotland, 2 High Street, Falkirk

WRENN ID
seventh-jamb-yarrow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Falkirk
Constituency
Falkirk MP: Euan Stainbank (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 October 1972
Type
Bank building
Address
The Royal Bank Of Scotland, 2 High Street, Falkirk, FK1 1EY
OS grid reference
NS 886 800
Coordinates
56.00023, -3.78774
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Royal Bank of Scotland, located at 2 High Street in Falkirk, was designed by Peddie and Kinnear in 1879. This building features a Scottish baronial picturesque style and is situated on a corner site. It is three stories tall with dormer windows facing High Street and two stories plus an attic on Newmarket Street. The design includes a gabled shape with an oriel bay on the first and second floors at the corner. The exterior is constructed from snecked rubble and has a slated roof.

Local climate

The Royal Bank Of Scotland, 2 High Street, Falkirk sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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