Charles Heathcote

Charles Heathcote
Eagle Insurance Building, Manchester
Born	1850
Died	1938
Nationality	English
Work
Buildings	Parrs Bank (1902) York Street, the Eagle Star Building (1911), Cross Street, Lloyd's Bank (1915), King Street, Manchester.
Projects	Trafford Park, Manchester

Charles Heathcote (1850–1938)^[1] was an architect who practised in Manchester. He was articled to the church architects Charles Hansom, of Clifton, Bristol. He was awarded the RI Medal of Merit in 1868, and started his own practice in 1872.

Heathcote built city centre buildings such as Parrs Bank (1902) York Street, the Eagle Star Building (1911), Cross Street, Lloyds Bank (1915), King Street and the earlier 107 Piccadilly textile warehouse (1899).^[2] He helped plan the Trafford Park estate, working for British Westinghouse]] and the Ford Motor Company. He designed 15 warehouses for the Manchester Ship Canal Company. He also worked on the buildings for Richard Lane (architect)'s Cheadle Royal Lunatic Asylum^[1]

Buildings

Grade 2 listed

Lloyds Bank, 33-35 Cross Street, 1915. (now Lloyds TSB)
Northern Rock Insurance, corner Cross Street & King Street, 1895.
Eagle Insurance, 68 Cross Street, 1911.
Anglia House, 86 Cross Street, 1904.
Royal London House, 202 Deansgate, 1904.
Onward Buildings, 205-209 Deansgate, 1903–05.
Sparrow Hardwick & Company Building, 107 Piccadilly, 1898.
Commercial Union Buildings, 47 Spring Gardens, 1881–82.
Parrs Bank,^[3] 1-3 York Street, corner of Spring Gardens, 1902.

Other

Dental Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester University, 1908.
7-9 Piccadilly, with W. A. Thomas, 1910.

Heathcote & Rawle Grade 2 listed

Alliance House, 28-34 Cross Street, 1901.
Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, 43–45 Spring Gardens, 1890.

^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Cocks, Harry; Wyke, Terry (2004), Public sculpture of Greater Manchester, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, ISBN 0-85323-567-8
^ [1]
^ Later National Westminster Bank and now converted to other uses
^ ManchesterUk| Virtual Encyclopedia: Who built what

Bibliography

Hartwell, Clare (2001), Manchester (Pevsner Architectural Guides), New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-09666-6

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Name	Heathcote, Charles
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Date of birth	1850
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Date of death	1938
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Charles Heathcote

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