Royal Bank Buildings, 29 Newmarket Street, Falkirk is a Grade B listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 October 1972. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.

Royal Bank Buildings, 29 Newmarket Street, Falkirk

WRENN ID
tall-facade-sepia
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Falkirk
Constituency
Falkirk MP: Euan Stainbank (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 October 1972
Type
Commercial building
Address
Royal Bank Buildings, 29 Newmarket Street, Falkirk, FK1 1JH
OS grid reference
NS 888 800
Coordinates
56.00044, -3.7846
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Royal Bank Buildings, located at 29 Newmarket Street in Falkirk, were designed by David McGibbon and constructed between 1862 and 1863 for the National Bank. This building features a baronial style with a picturesque and irregular design, situated on a corner site. The exterior is made of snecked rubble, with crowstepped gables and a slated roof.

Local climate

Royal Bank Buildings, 29 Newmarket 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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