Royal Bank Of Scotland, 8 The Square, Aberfeldy

The Royal Bank of Scotland building at 8 The Square, Aberfeldy, was designed by Arthur George Sydney Mitchell and constructed in 1885. It is a two-storey and attic, six-bay, rectangular bank building. The exterior is built from chlorite slate rubble with contrasting, roughly-faced (stugged) red sandstone ashlar dressings, some with raised margins. The roof is covered in chlorite slate.

The west-facing principal elevation features a pedimented doorpiece with a Gibbsian surround, as well as pedimented windowheads. The first-floor windows in the center and to the right have moulded aprons and cills. Stone mullions and chamfered arrises distinguish the window detailing. A flight of steps leads to a pair of panelled timber doors positioned to the right; a single window sits above. Bipartite windows are present on each floor to the left, with two pedimented dormer windows on the steeply-pitched roof above. A gabled bay to the right incorporates two windows on both the ground and first floors, with a bipartite window in the gablehead, a moulded cill, and a decorative dated pediment above. A broad gable to the left has a large, corbelled and canted display window at the center of the ground floor, flanked by panelled timber doors (the one to the right containing a cash dispenser) and deep, multi-pane, leaded fanlights. Outer pilasters and a plain frieze with a cornice complete the design. At the first floor and gablehead, bipartite and single windows are positioned, respectively, with a semicircular pediment over the gablehead window to the left.

The north elevation has a pedimented door in the bay to the right of the centre, two stair windows above, further windows to the centre at ground and first floor levels; also displayed is a shaped nepus-type gable above.

The east-facing rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged with various features including bipartites, a first-floor jettied bay, and a piended dormer window to the centre. Small, single-storey, piended projections are found in the outer bays at ground level.

The south elevation is largely blank, with a tall stack projecting from the centre of the gabled bay.

The windows incorporate 4- and 12-pane glazing patterns, with 6-pane upper sashes over 2-pane lower sashes in timber sash and case windows. The ground floor center and right windows on the west elevation include 3-pane over plate glass pivot windows. The roof is covered in grey slate. Corniced and coped ashlar stacks are topped with decorative cans, and ashlar-coped skews are also present.

The interior features decorative cornices and panelled shutters. A dog-leg stone staircase, incorporating decorative ironwork balusters and a timber handrail, leads to offices on the first and second floors, which include timber fireplaces with decorative tile slips.