Bank Of Scotland, 2 High Street

The Bank of Scotland, located at 2 High Street, was built in 1882 and is a three-storey, three-bay bank designed in the Tudor style. It features a square plan with advanced gabled bays and gabled dormers that break the eaves, adorned with decorative bargeboards. The exterior is constructed of coursed red sandstone, complemented by smooth ashlar quoins and window margins on the main elevations, while the rear is made of random whinstone rubble.

The central entrance door is framed by recessed, engaged colonnettes and an arched hoodmould, with a pleated corbel detail above the chamfered corner. The building has stone mullioned tri- and bipartite windows, some featuring grooved transoms at the eaves, and projecting corbelled cills on the first floor. A projecting square stair tower is located at the rear.

The upper floors have various glazing patterns in timber sash and case windows, while the ground floor features fixed timber casements. The roof is covered with graded grey slate and has timber bracketed overhanging eaves. The building also includes cast-iron rainwater goods and corniced, shouldered rectangular wallhead stacks, some with rounded ends, topped with plain clay cans.

Inside, the bank retains some fine detailing, including decorative plasterwork in most rooms. An elegant three-storey dog-leg stair showcases barley-twist cast-iron banisters, and there are five-panel timber doors throughout.