British Linen Bank

on the east side of St Andrew Square

The engraving above shows British Linen Bank's offices on the east side of  St Andrew Square.  This building is still standing, complete with its statues at roof level.  Please click on the photos below to  them.

HBoS (formerly British Linen Bank HO)

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This was one of the several impressive Bank Head Offices in Edinburgh in the 19th century.  This building is numbered 38-39 St Andrew Square.  It was designed by David Brice and built in 1851-52.

It became a Bank of Scotland Building following the takeover of the British Linen Bank by Bank of Scotland, then a HBoS building following the merger of Bank of Scotland and Halifax Building Society.

Scotland once had many banks, each of them issuing their own distinctive bank notes.  These have reduced to three banking groups:

is now A series of takeovers during the 18th and 19th century resulted in the wide variety of banks with their distinctive bank notes reducing to three banking groups:

-  The Royal Bank of Scotland, (Edinburgh)
-  The Bank of Scotland,  Edinburgh
-  Clydesdale Bank,  Glasgow