Royal Bank Of Scotland, 113-115 Buchanan Street, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Commercial building. 4 related planning applications.

Royal Bank Of Scotland, 113-115 Buchanan Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
western-chamber-sedge
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Commercial building
Address
Royal Bank Of Scotland, 113-115 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 3HF
OS grid reference
NS 589 653
Coordinates
55.86051, -4.2544
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Royal Bank of Scotland, located at 113-115 Buchanan Street in Glasgow, is a four-storey commercial building designed by A G Sydney Mitchell in 1887, featuring a five-storey octagonal corner with a dormered dome and lantern. The building showcases a Free Renaissance style.

Constructed from ashlar, the facade has two bays facing Buchanan Street and one bay on Gordon Street, set within channelled pilaster strips. The ground floor features arched openings, while the second floor is topped with a single overall pediment. An eaves gallery adorned with red-shafted colonettes leads to a balustraded parapet.

At the corner, there is an open octagonal entrance vestibule with a ribbed vault, angled shafts, and sculpted lunettes. A wrought-iron lamp hangs from a decorative boss, and there are three double iron-work gates with elaborate overthrows. A later entrance and addition have been made on Buchanan Street for the bank.

Local climate

Royal Bank Of Scotland, 113-115 Buchanan Street, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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