Union Bank Of Scotland, 117 St Vincent Street, 115, 115A, Glasgow

The Union Bank of Scotland, located at 117 St Vincent Street in Glasgow, is an Italian Renaissance commercial building designed by John Burnet Snr in 1870. It features three storeys and a basement, with a total of seven bays. The exterior is finished in polished ashlar, with rusticated elements and voussoired lintels on the ground floor.

The building has outer distyle porticos supported by composite columns made of polished granite, which stand on high pedestals. Stone steps lead up to arched entrances that are adorned with fanlights. The modillion cornices add to the architectural detail. There are five inner windows with a simplified cornice that connects to the porticos.

The upper floors have plate glass sash and case windows set within architraves. On the first floor, there are balustraded balconies that project over the porticos and in three central bays, supported by sculpted figurehead consoles. A semi-engaged Corinthian colonnade projects forward, leading to segmental pedimented aedicules with sculpted tympana in both the outer and central bays.

On the second floor, the windows are framed with shouldered and lugged architraves above a cill band. The building features an incised eaves frieze and a stylised modillion cornice that is advanced with coupled consoles at the ends. The solid panelled die parapet is topped with swagged pyramidal finials.