Midland Bank building, Manchester

Midland Bank building, Manchester
Midland Bank building

The King Street side of the Midland Bank building
Midland Bank building, Manchester is located in Greater Manchester
Shown within Greater Manchester
Alternative names HSBC Bank building
General information
Architectural style Modernist Classical
Address 56 Spring Gardens
Town or city Manchester
Country United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°28′50″N 2°14′32″W / 53.4806°N 2.2422°W / 53.4806; -2.2422
Construction started 1933
Completed 1935
Technical details
Floor count 10
Design and construction
Architect Sir Edwin Lutyens
Midland Bank Building
Midland Bank Building from the rear

The Midland Bank building on King Street, Manchester, was designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1928. Built 1933-5.The building is a grade II* listed building [1]

A castle-like Art Deco building, surrounded moat-like by roads on all four sides, is the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens. Built with the help of engineers Whinney, Son & Austen Hall between 1933 and 1935, it features carvings by the local sculptor John Ashton Floyd.[2] The building is constructed of Portland stone around a steel frame.[3]

"The proportions are ingeniously calculated, as Lutyens..adored to do. The top stage is two-thirds of the stage from the obelisks to the next set-back, and that middle stage is two-thirds of the bottom stage."[4] The major work of Lutyens in Manchester, the bank is "the King of King Street".[4]

The branch was re-branded as HSBC Bank after the takeover of Midland Bank by HSBC in the 1990s. The bank closed on 6 June 2008 when HSBC relocated their Manchester branch to St Ann's Square. The building is going to be Jamie Olivers - Jamie's Italian Restaurant and will open in late Autumn 2011. [5]

Notes

  1. ^ Midland Bank, Heritage Gateway, http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=388251&resourceID=5, retrieved 7 March 2010 
  2. ^ Hartwell, Clare (2001), Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Penguin Books, pp. 165–167, ISBN 9780140711318 
  3. ^ Parkinson-Bailey, John (2000), Manchester: an architectural history, Manchester University Press, p. 144, ISBN 9780719056062 
  4. ^ a b Pevsner Architectural Guides - Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East page 317
  5. ^ Manchester Confidential>http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/News/Jamie-Oliver-confirms-King-Street-restaurant


References

Coordinates: 53°28′50″N 2°14′32″W / 53.48056°N 2.24222°W / 53.48056; -2.24222


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