Bank Of Scotland, 26 Church Street, Inverness

The Bank of Scotland, located at 26 Church Street in Inverness, was designed by William Lawrie in 1863 while he was in the office of James Matthews. This Italianate building is constructed of ashlar stone and features three storeys with three-bay fronts facing both Union Street and Church Street.

The corner of the building is marked by a one-bay bowed section that includes a segmental-arched entrance with a columned doorpiece at the ground floor. Above this, the first floor has aediculed windows with segmental pediments, while the second floor showcases windows with lugged architraves. The building is topped with a semi-circular headed gablet flanked by chimneys and adorned with an urn above the cornice.

On the Union Street and Church Street fronts, the ground floor features round-arched windows with carved keystones. The first-floor windows are aediculed, alternating between triangular and segmental pediments, and are complemented by baluster aprons. A cill course runs along the second floor, and the building is finished with a consoled cornice and a balustrade.