Larger versions of these images are located at the foot of the page. Basic Site Details Name: | Commercial Bank of Scotland, Glasgow Branch | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The building cost £14,917.76 to erect, plus a further £200 for sculptural ornament. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Bank | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | 113, 115, Buchanan Street | Yes | |  | 2-8, Gordon Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1854 | 1857 | | |  | 1871 | | | Alterations, £2874. |  | 1873 | | | Alterations to Buchanan Street, £500. |  | 1886 | 1887 | | Extension by Sydney Mitchell & Wilson |  | 1887 | | Design exhibited | |  | 8 December 1887 | | | Tenders for extension accepted |  | c. 1930 | | | Furnishings |  | 1938 | | | Interiors remodelled |  | 1948 | 1953 | Alteration/conversion | Alterations |  | 5 June 1953 * | | Alterations and additions | Plans in hand for alterations and additions |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
PeopleDesign and Construction* earliest date known from documented sources. ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Commercial Bank of Scotland | |  | Wilson, Stirling & Co, Messrs | Tenants of Commercial Bank in the late 1940s and early 1950s for no 8 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Edinburgh Architectural Association | 1907 | Edinburgh Architectural Association Exhibition Catalogue | | Edinburgh | |  | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1887, no 1583 |  | RSA | 1859 | | | | 627 |  | RSA | 1888 | | | | 734 |  | Scott, G G and Others | 1858 | A Series of Executed Examples of Ecclesiastical and Domestic Structures, by G G Scott and Others | | | |  | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p225 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Academy Architecture | | XIV | | p53 Original perspective illustrated |  | Builder | 5 June 1953 | | | p893 |  | Builders Journal | 28 September 1898 | | | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson work |  | Building Chronicle | 1 February 1855 | | | |  | Building Chronicle | 1 December 1855 | | | |  | Building News | 3 June 1887 | | | p832 n nPerspective by Sydney Mitchell |  | Civil Engineer and Architects' Journal | January 1856 | v19 | | p1-2 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Glasgow University Library Special Collections | Hislop & Welsh Collection | GB 0247 MS Hislop 14/1-14 | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33030 | |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR G/40 |  | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Sydney Mitchell & Wilson Collection | | SMW 1880/32/1-21 (for Rhind and Mitchell work) |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | George Wilson: F v19 p89 no 1396, microfolm reel 12 |  | Royal Bank of Scotland Group Archives | Commercial Bank Archives | | CS/102: Correspondence from David Rhind to Comercial Bank |  | Royal Bank of Scotland Group Archives | Commercial Bank Board Minutes | | 12, 19 January and 8, 15 June 1854; 8 February 1855; 1 October 1857; 2 March 1871; 13 April 1871; 29 May 1873; 19 March 1885; 26 March 1885, 2 April 1885, 8 December 1887 |
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