Savings Bank Of Scotland, 93 St Vincent Street, Glasgow

Andrew Balfour and Stewart, 1924-6. 6 storeys and

basement commercial building. Steel frame with Blaxter

stone facades, rusticated 1st floor, brick E side and

rear. 5 bays to St Vincent Street arranged 1-3-1, 8 to

Renfield Street arranged 1-2-2-2-1, street elevations

similarly detailed. Massive segmentally pedimented

doorpiece to St Vincent Street with figure sculpture and

coat of arms. Marble doorpiece to No 20 Renfield Street

with lion mask over.

Greek-key frieze over ground floor. 1st-3rd floors:

simply detailed margined windows to centre bays outer

with boldly consoled cornices at 1st, 2nd and 3rd in

linking frame with stylised husk deoration; upper 2

storeys giant pilastrade to inner bays, outer windows

with giant pilasters; balconies to 4th. Swag frieze with

lion masks and modillion cornice with acroters; low

parapets.

INTERIOR: marble Corinthian pilastered banking hall,

coffered ceiling with modillions. Chimneypiece with

marble canopy on sculpted corbels. Bracketted mahogany

counters.