100 King Street
| Midland Bank building | |
|---|---|
 The King Street side of the Midland Bank building |
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| Former names | HSBC Bank building |
| Alternative names | 100 King Street |
| 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 |
| Construction started | 1933 |
| Completed | 1935 |
| Height | 46 metres |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 10 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Sir Edwin Lutyens |
| References | |
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100 King Street (formerly Midland bank building) is a building on King Street, Manchester which was designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1928 and constructed 1933-5. The building is a Grade II* listed building. [2] It is known locally as the The King of King Street due to its distinct structure and height.[3]
[edit] Architecture
A castle-like Art Deco building, surrounded moat-like by roads on all four sides, the former bank was built by the engineers Whinney, Son & Austen Hall between 1933 and 1935 and features carvings by the local sculptor John Ashton Floyd.[4] The building is constructed of Portland stone around a steel frame.[5] The neo classical building is somewhat unique for Manchester, its design more suited to the architecture of Liverpool, whereas Manchester preferred the neogothic.[6]
"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."[7] The major work of Lutyens in Manchester, the bank is "the King of King Street".[7]
[edit] History
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. In February 2012[8] it is to re-open as a restaurant run by the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.
[edit] References
- Citations
- ^ "HSBC Building". skyscrapernews.com. 19 January 2008. http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=836. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
- ^ Midland Bank, Heritage Gateway, http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=388251&resourceID=5, retrieved 7 March 2010
- ^ McQueeney, Kerry (14 February 2012). "How £1m stash of jewellery, Joy Division master tapes and even a GUN were in safe deposit boxes on the site of Jamie Oliver's new restaurant". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100860/Jamie-Oliver-new-restaurant--1m-stash-jewellery-GUN-safe-deposit-boxes.. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
- ^ Hartwell, Clare (2001), Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Penguin Books, pp. 165–167, ISBN 9780140711318
- ^ Parkinson-Bailey, John (2000), Manchester: an architectural history, Manchester University Press, p. 144, ISBN 9780719056062
- ^ "Great White Beauty Comes Clean". Manchester Confidential. 8 August 2011. http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Culture/Architecture/Great-White-Beauty-Comes-Clean. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
- ^ a b Pevsner Architectural Guides - Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East page 317
- ^ Jamie Oliver confirms King Street restaurant, Simon Binns, Manchester Confidential, 27 August 2010.
- Bibliography
- Pevsner, Nicholas; Hyde, Matthew and Hartwell, Clare, The Buildings of England - Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, (2004) Yale University Press
- Hartwell, Clare, Pevsner Architectural Guides: Manchester (2001) Yale University Press
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Coordinates: 53°28′50″N 2°14′32″W / 53.48056°N 2.24222°W
