A red-rubble house with a modest Doric porch preserves the domestic scale of Ullapool's former nineteenth-century bank.
Quick facts
- Date
- Early 19th century
- Architect / designer
- Unknown
- Type
- Two-storey and attic house and former bank
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB7785)
- OS grid reference
- NH 12898 94046
Architecture, archaeology and continuing use
The three-bay front uses coursed red rubble with a central fanlit door beneath a timber porch on slender Roman Doric columns. Smaller upper windows, three low dormers, corniced end stacks and a slate roof give the house a composed but restrained presence.
Its story
Built as a substantial house, the property was occupied by the Caledonian Bank by the first Ordnance Survey in 1876. Its later return to residential use illustrates how the planned town's larger domestic buildings could accommodate changing professional and private functions.
Why it is included
Category B listing recognises well-preserved early nineteenth-century architectural detail and a former financial institution embedded within Ullapool's regular domestic streetscape.
What to notice
- Slender Roman Doric columns supporting the timber porch.
- Three shallow dormers set low in the slated roof.
- Red coursed rubble contrasted with the harled side walls.
Reading the surroundings
This is a private home. View only from the public street, keep the entrance and frontage clear, and do not enter the garden, outbuildings or property boundary.
Timeline
- Early 19th century A substantial three-bay house was completed in Argyle Street.
- 1876 The first-edition survey recorded the Caledonian Bank here.
- By 2025 Residential marketing described the building as a private house.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
A public property brochure supports recent residential use but cannot establish present ownership, occupancy or access, which remain private.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Old Bank House, LB7785 — Designation status, mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Old Bank House property brochure — Recent evidence of residential use and the building's domestic accommodation; not used as heritage authority.
Location
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