Well that was interesting!

More work done on the Port Appin model of Argyll Buildings in Innellan.  The north end of Argyll Buildings housed the Clydesdale and North Bank.  Formed in 1838, Clydesdale was taken over by Midland Bank in 1920, itself becoming wholly owned by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in 1992 .  By 1923 Midland had acquired the Northern Bank of Aberdeen and merged it with their owned, but autonomously operated Clydesdale Bank.  In 1987 Clydesdale was sold to the National Australia Bank (NAB).  I find the history of Britain's banks very interesting, especially the minor independent banks in the smaller towns and villages, before the 'big four' wiped most of them off the board.

Anyway, this building has taxed my patience a lot!  It looks like it has had a couple of extensions over the years.  I can't find out if Argyll Buildings was built for the C&NB or if they moved into it as Innellan grew in importance due to the Glasgow steamer traffic.  That might explain the extensions.  I've omitted a horrible 50's style pre-fab garage on the side of the extension but added the private entry to the Manager's house on the first floor.  Presumably this was so the bank could be locked off at closing time.  The greenhouse on the flat roof is little more than a large lean-in space, accessible only from the first floor. (as far as I can tell).  I've had to leave some detail off as the tiny window panes would have scaled down to 2mm wide and there are 48 of them!  So there you have it, my efforts since Monday!  Not a lot to show but tons of research and fiddle.  

And wait until you see the roof.  There are two of them at 90º to each other with multi pot chimneys and two post 1840 dormer windows.  Oh joy.  Actually, after a bit of thought and another look at aerial photos I think the whole end building could be an addition, this would explain the two roof structure.  hard to spot now as it's all weathered.

Just been checking photographs and I'm 99% sure that the bank building was a later addition to the Argyll Buildings complex.