| Midland Bank building | |
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The King Street side of the Midland Bank building |
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Shown within Greater Manchester
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| Alternative names | HSBC Bank building |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Modernist Classical |
| Address | 56 Spring Gardens |
| Town or city | Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | |
| Construction started | 1933 |
| Completed | 1935 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 10 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Sir Edwin Lutyens |
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]