Royal Bank Of Scotland, 49 Princes Street And 65 Church Street, Port Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 June 1979. Commercial. 1 related planning application.
Royal Bank Of Scotland, 49 Princes Street And 65 Church Street, Port Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- lunar-turret-ivory
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Inverclyde
- Constituency
- Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1979
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- Royal Bank Of Scotland, 49 Princes Street And 65 Church Street, Port Glasgow, PA14 5JH
- OS grid reference
- NS 320 745
- Coordinates
- 55.93428, -4.69044
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Royal Bank of Scotland, located at 49 Princes Street and 65 Church Street in Port Glasgow, is a three-storey corner commercial block built in the last quarter of the 19th century. It features a simple palazzo style with ashlar stonework, a bracket and modillion cornice, and a hipped slate roof. The building has cill bands and three windows on the Princes Street side, with pairs of windows on the lower floors, and four windows on the Church Street side. The second floor has shouldered architraves, while the ground and first floors display architraves and cornices.
The central entrance is highlighted by a pedimented doorpiece supported by lion brackets, topped with a carved segmental pediment that features foliage and the monogram "R.B.S." The banking hall has been modernised. The section at 65 Church Street is rendered and includes a pilaster and volute doorpiece. The rear elevation facing the churchyard features a top floor splayed bay and ironwork brackets.
Local climate
Royal Bank Of Scotland, 49 Princes Street And 65 Church Street, Port Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,550 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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