Royal Bank Of Scotland, 33-35 High Street, Hawick

The Royal Bank of Scotland, located at 33-35 High Street in Hawick, was designed by Archibald Scott in 1860 and features mid-20th-century alterations at the ground floor. This three-storey, seven-bay Classical bank and manager's house is part of a terrace, with the three right bays slightly recessed at the upper levels and a prominent balustraded parapet. The ground floor has a polished granite base and grey marble cladding, while the upper levels are finished with ashlar-lined stucco and moulded, polished ashlar dressings. The rear is constructed of whinstone rubble with polished yellow sandstone ashlar dressings.

Architectural details include a base course, cill courses on the first and second floors, and a projecting eaves cornice. The front elevation has regular fenestration, featuring corniced architraves on the first-floor windows, while the rear has irregular fenestration. The central bay has a 20th-century glazed door with a rectangular fanlight, and the outer bays feature 20th-century timber doors with rectangular fanlights. The rear elevation includes a two-storey, M-gabled wing to the right and a full-height, piend-roofed wing to the left, along with various rear dormers.

The ground floor has fixed plate glass glazing, while the upper floors feature timber sash and case windows with 4-pane glazing. The rear has a variety of glazing patterns, predominantly in timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered with grey slate and has a metal ridge, with ashlar-coped skews and stuccoed, ashlar-coped end stacks topped with predominantly octagonal buff clay cans. The building also has cast-iron rainwater goods.

Inside, there is a stone tenement stair leading to the upper floors, featuring a simple metal balustrade and a polished timber handrail.