Listing Text

The following building shall be added:
TYLDESLEY ELLIOT STREET
SD 60 SE
(north side)
2/69 No 151
II
Bank now office premises. c1900. Probably by F W Morton for the Union Bank of
Manchester. Ashlar sandstone, glazed roof. Single storey; corner site with 3-bay
front to Elliot Street and 2-bay left return facing Patchett Street having lower, 4-
window wing. Classical, in Doric style. Plinth with pedestals linked by continuous
cornice on which are engaged columns. Central doorway has 10-panel door in eaved
architrave beneath frieze with 'BANK' in raised letters; dentilled cornice under
finely-carved arms of the Union Bank of Manchester. Flanking bays have later
windows in rusticated surrounds with raised keystones. Entablature with triglyphs
and mutules; balustraded parapet with 4 dies. Left return: channel-rustication;
contemporary rain-water goods with patterned and corniced hoppers; entablature and
balustrade as front. Wing to left has channel-rustication and 2-pane sashes of
3:1:1:3 lights with Art Nouveau leaded lower sashes; modillioned cornice.
Interior: remodelled with false ceiling which conceals remains of classical
plasterwork and intact Art Nouveau stained-glass ceiling.

Listing NGR: SD6901002051