Clydesdale Bank, 60-64 High Street, Dunfermline

The Clydesdale Bank at 60-64 High Street, Dunfermline, is a three-story, five-bay commercial building, likely constructed in 1898 for the North of Scotland Bank and subsequently reconstructed in 1981-82 by Kenneth Oliver. It is built in a Free Baroque style.

The exterior features polished ashlar stonework and is characterized by upper bays divided by engaged columns with a concave, moulded section. Notable elements include segmental-headed pediments to the parapet and a turret-like corner bay with a conical roof. A base course runs along the ground level, above which is a projecting cornice. Band courses connect the window cills to the upper floors, and the upper band course forms a frieze below a deep projecting eaves cornice. A balustraded parapet tops the roof. Architraved, segmental-headed windows with keystones are present on the ground floor, with fielded panels above the first-floor windows. Bracketed projecting cills and rounded upper edges define the second-floor windows.

The southern (High Street) elevation features an altered entrance with deep, splayed reveals and a stepped lintel to the outer left, leading to a late 20th-century two-leaf steel door. A blocked, segmental-headed entrance with a keystone is visible in the angled corner bay to the outer right. A canted bay extends to the upper floors on the outer left, with a three-light window in each section, finished with a rounded head and a concave surround set into a segmental-headed pediment with a keystone and mutuled cornice. A pedimented window and further window are featured in the turret-like bay to the outer right, topped with a conical roof and a ball-ended finial. Large, banded windows are positioned in the upper floors of the central three bays. The southern elevation culminates in a segmental-headed pediment with a keystone above two bays to the right, showcasing a carved panel and mutuled cornice.

The eastern (Cross Wynd) elevation, with four bays, also exhibits a blocked, segmental-headed entrance in the angled corner bay to the outer left. A similar turret-like section with a pedimented window on the first floor, a window above, and a conical roof is present. Regular banded fenestration is found in the remaining bays, and the elevation is capped by a segmental-headed pediment with a keystone, a central carved panel, and a mutuled cornice.

The building utilizes timber frame casement windows alongside two-pane sash and case windows, and is covered by a grey slate roof. The interior was not inspected in 1998.