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Latitude: 53.4804 / 53°28'49"N
Longitude: -2.2402 / 2°14'24"W
OS Eastings: 384153
OS Northings: 398209
OS Grid: SJ841982
Mapcode National: GBR DKH.LC
Mapcode Global: WHB9G.KSF7
Plus Code: 9C5VFQJ5+4W
Entry Name: Royal Bank of Scotland
Listing Date: 25 February 1952
Last Amended: 6 June 1994
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1220165
English Heritage Legacy ID: 388328
ID on this website: 101220165
Location: City Centre, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M2
County: Manchester
Electoral Ward/Division: City Centre
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Manchester
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Manchester St Ann
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
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MANCHESTER
SJ8498SW MOSLEY STREET
698-1/28/239 (West side)
25/02/52 Nos.38 AND 42
Royal Bank of Scotland
(Formerly Listed as:
MOSLEY STREET
(West side)
Williams and Glyns Bank)
(Formerly Listed as:
MOSLEY STREET
No.38)
GV II*
Bank. 1862, by Edward Walters for Manchester and Salford Bank,
with extension c.1880 by Barker and Ellis. Ashlar, slate
roofs. Rectangular plan on end-of-block site, with portal to
left and extension beyond this. Italian palazzo style. The
original block is 3 storeys and 7 bays, with massive
vermiculated plinth, tall ground floor with banded piers and
modillioned cornice carrying balustraded balconies to the
1st-floor windows, pilastered upper floors with Ionic corner
pilasters, and massive bracketed cornice with balustraded
parapet surmounted by urns. The ground floor has plate glass
windows with geometrical tracery, the 1st floor has sashed
windows with pedimented architraves (that in the centre
segmental and on columns), and the 2nd floor has shorter
sashes with moulded architraves. Right-hand return to York
Street is 6 bays in matching style. Single-storey portal to
left has Tuscan columns, massive consoles to prominent
cornice, and balustraded parapet with urns. Extension to left
of this is 3 storeys and 4 bays in style matching that of the
original building. Interior: very fine banking hall with
columns and coffered ceiling. History: last great work of
Edward Walters.
Listing NGR: SJ8415398209
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