National Bank, 4, 6, 8 High Street, Fort William

The National Bank, located at 4, 6, and 8 High Street in Fort William, was designed by Thomas Marwick from Edinburgh and completed in 1911. This building showcases a Scottish Renaissance architectural style.

It is a two-storey, seven-bay symmetrical bank facing north, with a single-storey and attic three-bay wing set back at the east gable. The exterior is constructed from bullfaced, sneck coursed red granite, accented with contrasting tooled grey ashlar granite dressings and facings. The central entrance features a shallow projecting square-headed porch with moulded architraves and a crest carved in relief above the door. This porch is corniced and has a cast- and wrought-iron balcony above, which overlooks a long central window.

The outer bays are advanced and contain larger windows on both the ground and first floors. The ground floor gables have chamfered angles and are slightly projected on a corbelled course at the first floor. The set-back wing at the east is fronted by a single-storey, flat-roof corridor extension with a crenellated wallhead. The building features multi-pane glazing and an asymmetrical rear with a near-centre stair window, varying roof heights, and a single gabled dormer window. It is topped with tall end corniced wallhead stacks, crowstepped gables, and slate roofs.

The bank is bordered to the north and east by a low bullfaced red granite retaining wall with a contrasting grey tooled ashlar coping. There are paired panelled grey ashlar square gate piers with flat caps and a cast-iron gate featuring wrought-iron decorative detailing. A second pedestrian entrance is marked by a simple spearhead cast-iron gate, accompanied by matching railings with wrought thistle intermediate finials.