Bank Of Scotland, 1 High Street, Renfrew

The Bank of Scotland, located at 1 High Street in Renfrew, was built in 1899 by architects J M D Peddie and George Washington Browne. This three-storey building with an attic features a Free Renaissance style, constructed from red sandstone with a deep polished red granite base course and moulded all courses, topped with a green slate roof.

On the High Street elevation, the left corner has an entrance with a basket-headed doorway flanked by panelled pilasters. The capitals are modified Ionic, adorned with a ship motif on the left and a sun and cross on the right. An elaborate frieze and cornice sit above, featuring a scrolled and floriated pediment. Above the doorway, there is a corbelled out oriel with three corniced and transomed windows on the first floor and three basket-arched windows on the second floor. The top of the oriel is corbelled out to form an octagon, capped with a steep-pitched octagonal roof. To the right at ground level, a large depressed-arched window is timber mullioned and transomed, flanked by pilasters and finials. The margins of the window are moulded, and a heavy cornice with egg-and-dart moulding follows the window head. Next to this large window is a smaller basket-arched window with ovals above, cutting through the cornice, with pilaster and cornice details similar to the large window. The first and second floors feature one single window and one bipartite window, treated similarly to the oriel, topped with a dentillated cornice. A dormer features an architraved cross window, a round-headed pediment, and ball finials.

On the Canal Street elevation, there is a corner entrance to the right, with two smaller depressed-arched windows to the left. The pilaster, cornice, and finials are similar but simpler than those on the High Street. A large plain window is located to the left, with a single-storey wing beyond. Above the depressed-arch windows, there are two single windows at ground and first floors, treated as on the High Street, along with a similar cornice. Two tall panelled and coped wallhead stacks are present. Above the plain window on the left, there is a canted oriel, with windows as described, and a balustrade above the wallhead in front of a dormer featuring a basket-arched bipartite window, a round-headed pediment, and ball finials.