Location
Royal Bank of Scotland, 40 High Street
Banff
Banff, Banffshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 688 640
Date
17th/18th
Description
Five carved 17th and early 18th century monogrammed pediments and armorial panels reset in the South return gable of the Royal Bank. The panels were removed from the house of Thomas Ogilvy which formerly occupied the site. The property later became the town house of the Baird of Auchmedden, later being demolished and reset into The National Commercial Bank (now Royal Bank) in 1937. The Royal Bank, 1937 by James McCallum, Architect and Master of works, Commercial Bank of Scotland. The panel in the fourth photograph has the Ogilvy motto "secundat vera fides" (true faith prospers).
Era
1600s
Information Source
Aberdeenshire Council Listed building records, record no.177 Site and Monument Records, Site ref.NJ66SEOO69
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Iconography
- hands
- heraldic motifs
- lion
- moon
- plant
- star
Photographer
- Dianne Sutherland
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