Bank Of Scotland, Tower Street, Tain is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1982. Bank. 7 related planning applications.
Bank Of Scotland, Tower Street, Tain
- WRENN ID
- inner-lancet-vetch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1982
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Bank Of Scotland, Tower Street, Tain, IV19 1DY
- OS grid reference
- NH 779 821
- Coordinates
- 57.81265, -4.05565
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Bank of Scotland on Tower Street in Tain was designed by George Angus in 1845 and showcases a Classical architectural style. The building is constructed from tooled ashlar with polished ashlar dressings, while the rear features rubble wings. It stands two storeys high with three bays, and there is a near contemporary single storey, two bay wing on the west gable. Notable architectural details include a pilastered doorpiece, moulded architraved windows, and two blind 12-pane windows on the first floor of the west gable. A band course separates the ground and first floors, complemented by deep moulded eaves and panelled gable stacks. The roofs are finished with piended slate. The property is enclosed by a low coped rubble retaining wall topped with cast-iron spearhead railings, and there are two pairs of square ashlar gate piers with pyramidal caps, along with a high rubble garden wall.
Local climate
Bank Of Scotland, Tower Street, Tain receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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