Bank Of Scotland, 79 High Street, Fochabers is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Bank. 2 related planning applications.

Bank Of Scotland, 79 High Street, Fochabers

WRENN ID
third-cobble-stoat
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1971
Type
Bank
Address
Bank Of Scotland, 79 High Street, Fochabers, IV32 7DH
OS grid reference
NJ 344 588
Coordinates
57.61452, -3.0988
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Bank of Scotland, located at 79 High Street in Fochabers, was likely designed by William Henderson around 1860. This two-storey, three-bay bank features a front made of tooled ashlar, with harled sides and polished ashlar dressings. The central entrance has a round-headed keystoned doorpiece and a radial fanlight above it. The windows on either side of the door have moulded surrounds and aprons, with four-pane glazing.

At the ground floor, there are angle pilasters, while the first floor showcases rusticated quoins. The building is topped with a moulded eaves cornice and a blocking course above. It has coped end stacks and an off-centre ridge stack, with a slate roof and stone ridge.

Local climate

Bank Of Scotland, 79 High Street, Fochabers sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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