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'''100 King Street''' (formerly '''Midland bank building''') is a building on [[King Street, Manchester|King Street]], [[Manchester]] which was designed by [[Edwin Lutyens]] in 1928 and constructed 1933-5. The building is a [[Grade II* listed building]]. <ref name="HG">{{citation |title=Midland Bank |publisher=Heritage Gateway |url=http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=388251&resourceID=5 |accessdate=7 March 2010}}</ref>
'''100 King Street''' (formerly '''Midland bank building''') is a building on [[King Street, Manchester|King Street]], [[Manchester]] which was designed by [[Edwin Lutyens]] in 1928 and constructed 1933-5. The building is a [[Grade II* listed building]]. <ref name="HG">{{citation |title=Midland Bank |publisher=Heritage Gateway |url=http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=388251&resourceID=5 |accessdate=7 March 2010}}</ref> Due to its architecture, it is known as the '''The King of King Street'''.


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.<ref>{{citation |pages=165–167 |first= Clare |last=Hartwell |series=Pevsner Architectural Guides |title=Manchester |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2001 |isbn=9780140711318}}</ref> The building is constructed of [[Portland stone]] around a steel frame.<ref name="Parkinson">{{citation |last=Parkinson-Bailey |first=John |title=Manchester: an architectural history |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2000 |isbn=9780719056062 |page=144}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{citation |pages=165–167 |first= Clare |last=Hartwell |series=Pevsner Architectural Guides |title=Manchester |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2001 |isbn=9780140711318}}</ref> The building is constructed of [[Portland stone]] around a steel frame.<ref name="Parkinson">{{citation |last=Parkinson-Bailey |first=John |title=Manchester: an architectural history |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2000 |isbn=9780719056062 |page=144}}</ref>

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Midland Bank building
The King Street side of the Midland Bank building
Map
Former namesHSBC Bank building
Alternative names100 King Street
General information
Architectural styleModernist Classical
Address56 Spring Gardens
Town or cityManchester
CountryUnited Kingdom
Construction started1933
Completed1935
Height46 metres
Technical details
Floor count10
Design and construction
Architect(s)Sir Edwin Lutyens
References
[1]

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] Due to its architecture, it is known as the The King of King Street.

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.[3] The building is constructed of Portland stone around a steel frame.[4]

"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."[5] The major work of Lutyens in Manchester, the bank is "the King of King Street".[5]

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[6] it is to re-open as a restaurant run by the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.

Notes

  1. ^ "HSBC Building". skyscrapernews.com. 19 January 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  2. ^ Midland Bank, Heritage Gateway, retrieved 7 March 2010
  3. ^ Hartwell, Clare (2001), Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides, Penguin Books, pp. 165–167, ISBN 9780140711318
  4. ^ Parkinson-Bailey, John (2000), Manchester: an architectural history, Manchester University Press, p. 144, ISBN 9780719056062
  5. ^ a b Pevsner Architectural Guides - Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East page 317
  6. ^ Jamie Oliver confirms King Street restaurant, Simon Binns, Manchester Confidential, 27 August 2010.


References

  • 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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