Bank Of Scotland, 2 St Vincent Place, Glasgow

The Bank of Scotland, located at 2 St Vincent Place in Glasgow, was designed by J T Rochead and built between 1867 and 1870. This Italian Renaissance-style building features three stories and a basement, with a palazzo design that includes nine bays facing St Vincent Place, seven bays on George Square, and three bays on No 2 Anchor Lane. There are four additional bays with simpler detailing on No 4 Anchor Lane, which also has an attic storey. The building showcases sculpture by William Mossman, including a prominent atlantes doorpiece with the Bank of Scotland crest above, flanked by symbolic figures. The ground floor features a shell-headed doorpiece and pilastered shell-headed windows separated by pilaster strips with banded vermiculation. The first floor has consoled segmental shell pediments with balustraded balconies, while the second floor includes architraves and a guilloched cill course. The cornice is adorned with tripled brackets, and there is a balustrade and dies, which formerly had urns. The building has modern plate glass glazing and moulded coping on the stacks.

Inside, the banking hall is a square space divided into three by three bays, with Corinthian columns that separate panelled areas and support a modillioned frieze. The hall features semi-circular panels with masked keystones and caryatids in the spandrels, supporting a flat trabeated ceiling with a hemispherical glazed and chequered dome. Decorative plasterwork enhances the interior, along with the original consoled panelled counter. The vestibule boasts an inlaid marble floor, a balustrade, and open pedimented and consoled doorpieces. Some internal work was completed by Andrew Balfour.