Description

Sydney H Miller, 1930. Symmetrical 6-storey 5-bay inter-war classical former bank. Polished cream sandstone ashlar. Channelled banded rustication at ground; architraved door at centre with consoled cornice; Greek key frieze above. Panelled 1st floor with similar window at centre. 3 centre bays above with giant free-standing 3-storey Ionic order columns in antis; glazing divided by bronze panels; outer bays with pilastered and corniced windows at 2nd floor, architraved and corniced windows at 3rd floor, recessed windows at 4th floor; plain entablature and cornice. Solid parapet broken by attic balconies. Similarly detailed 3-bay return to Hope Street Lane, with dressed rubble bay beyond.

Bronze multi-pane casement windows. Piend and platform copper roof; corniced ashlar stacks; grey slates.

INTERIOR: converted to modern retail use but remains of telling hall survive, including 4 massive columns and compartmented ceiling.

Statement of Interest

Designed for the Royal Bank of Scotland, and based on a scheme by his colleague D W Crawford of 1922. Now incorporated into the nearly contemporary adjoining Frasers Department Store (see separate listing).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17808402

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy