Savings Bank Of Scotland, 93 St Vincent Street, Glasgow

The Savings Bank of Scotland, located at 93 St Vincent Street in Glasgow, is a six-storey commercial building with a basement, designed by Andrew Balfour and Stewart between 1924 and 1926. It features a steel frame and Blaxter stone facades, with a rusticated first floor and brick on the eastern side and rear. The building has five bays facing St Vincent Street arranged in a 1-3-1 pattern, and eight bays on Renfield Street arranged in a 1-2-2-2-1 layout, with both street elevations elaborately detailed.

A prominent feature is the massive segmentally pedimented doorpiece on St Vincent Street, which includes figure sculpture and a coat of arms. There is also a marble doorpiece at No 20 Renfield Street topped with a lion mask. Above the ground floor, a Greek-key frieze runs along the façade. The windows on the first to third floors are simply detailed with margined designs in the centre bays, while the outer bays feature boldly consoled cornices on the first, second, and third floors, all within a linking frame adorned with stylised husk decoration. The upper two storeys showcase a giant pilastrade in the inner bays, with outer windows framed by giant pilasters and balconies on the fourth floor. The building is finished with a swag frieze featuring lion masks and a modillion cornice with acroters, along with low parapets.

Inside, the banking hall is marked by marble Corinthian pilasters and a coffered ceiling with modillions. The chimneypiece includes a marble canopy supported by sculpted corbels, and there are bracketed mahogany counters.