Clydesdale Bank, 31 South Methven Street, Perth

The Clydesdale Bank, located at 31 South Methven Street in Perth, is a two-storey and attic Classical bank building designed by D N Shaw between 1889 and 1890. It stands prominently on a corner site with a three-bay splayed corner, featuring three wide bays facing South Methven Street and two bays along High Street. The building is constructed of ashlar stone, with rubble at the rear. It includes a base course, cill courses, a cornice at the ground level, an eaves cornice, and a blocking course. The ground floor is adorned with part-fluted Ionic pilasters that have swags at the volutes, while the first storey features Doric pilasters. The building also has pedimented bipartite dormers.

Notable features include an Ionic pilastered doorpiece at the corner, which has an open pediment above and sculptured spandrels with a face motif. The round-arched doorway has a two-leaf panelled timber entrance door, and there is a decorative armorial panel above it. The ground floor has three-light windows facing South Methven Street, with round-arched central openings and a carved foliage pattern in the spandrels. The first storey features four-light windows with stone mullions.

There is an internal link to the 1980 Cunningham Glass Partnership bank located at 23 South Methven Street. The upper storey predominantly has two vertical pane over plate glass timber sash and case windows, while the ground floor has plate glass windows. The building has a mansard roof with raised skews, covered in grey slates, and features a coped wallhead stack to the south with a round-arched opening at the base.

The interior, as seen in 2009, has been modernised on the ground floor, while the upper floor contains rooms with some simple cornicing.