Head Office, Caledonian Bank, 9-11 High Street, Inverness

The Head Office of the Caledonian Bank, located at 9-11 High Street in Inverness, was designed by Mackenzie & Matthews in 1847. This impressive building is constructed of painted channelled ashlar and stands three storeys tall with a five-bay front. The advanced ground floor is divided into five bays by piers that support a cornice and parapet, which are adorned at the ends with large vases featuring carved medallion portraits of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort. The end bays display round-arched key-blocked doorways with wrought-iron gates.

In the central bays, the ground floor showcases a tetrastyle giant Corinthian order topped with a pediment that includes a tympanum featuring carved allegorical figures by A Handyside Ritchie. The first and second floors are also divided into five bays by giant Corinthian pilasters, with aprons containing carved swags located below the second-floor windows. The building is finished with a cornice and balustrade. The interior underwent alterations by R Carruthers-Ballantyne & Taylor in 1925.