Bank Of Scotland, 127-133 Main Street, Alexandria

The Bank of Scotland, located at 127-133 Main Street in Alexandria, was designed by Peddie and Kinnear and built in 1891. This two-storey building with an attic features a three-bay Italianate style and has a rectangular, near-symmetrical plan. It is constructed from red sandstone ashlar, with ashlar margins and dressings, a base course, and a blocking course between the ground and first floors. The exterior includes monogrammed consoles, a string course, a bracketed eaves cornice, and a balustraded parapet.

The main elevation consists of a five-bay ground floor with a central porch supported by part-fluted Ionic columns and a balustrade. The entrance features a segmental-headed door with a fanlight above. An impost course rises as hoodmoulds over the segmental-headed windows, and there is a broad segmental-headed door to the outer left, with a keystone and monogrammed consoles supporting the string course cornice. At the first floor, a window is topped with a segmental shell pediment, flanked by entablatured bipartite windows. The balustraded parapet is punctuated by aediculed dormers.

The building has plate glass timber windows at the ground floor with a segmental upper sash, and timber sash and case windows at the first floor, including four-pane sash and case windows. The roof is a grey slate mansard with bronze flashing.

Inside, there is a modern banking hall. The building also features cast-iron rainwater goods with decorative rainwater heads.