General view of Street facade
ED 14899
Description General view of Street facade
Date 1975 to 1976
Collection List C Survey
Catalogue Number ED 14899
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 465224, SC 1646858
Scope and Content Royal Bank of Scotland Building, No 42, east side of St Andrew Square, Edinburgh The Royal Bank of Scotland building was designed by Arthur Davis of Mewes and Davis, and Leslie Grahame-Thomson as the head office of the National Bank of Scotland in 1936. After a merger in 1973, it became the head office of the Royal Bank of Scotland. The building, with nine floors including basement and sub-basement, has very little ornamentation. The rusticated lower storey has circular-headed windows. The recessed American-style entrance portico has Doric columns and teak doors with carved panels. The National Bank of Scotland had premises at No 39 St Andrew Square, formerly Dumbreck's Hotel, in 1825. It moved to No 42 in 1835, and in 1936, the original buildings were demolished to make way for a new spacious head office built on the same site. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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