Bank House
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bank House by Gerald England as part of the Geograph project.
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Bank House
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 20 Jul 2026
Built in the 1850s as premises for The Commercial Bank of Scotland. It was last used as a backpackers' hostel. but has been derelict and boarded up since 2000. It has been on the Buildings At Risk register since 2011 http://web.archive.org/web/20240702145508/https://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/929676 Plans involving its demolition https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/bid-demolish-bank-house-withdrawn-11578046 were approved in 2017 but the developers pulled out of the deal. The grounds are used for car parking.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.703238
Longitude
-3.734134