100 King Street

Building in Manchester, England January 2014 June 2020 100 King Street HSBC Bank building, Midland Bank Building 100 King Street Manchester.jpg 100 King Street, Manchester no 53.4806 -2.2422 inline Modernist Classical Manchester United Kingdom 56 Spring Gardens 1933 1935 46 m 10 Sir Edwin Lutyens yes Grade II* Listed Building Former Midland Bank 3 October 1974 1219241 yes HSBC Building http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=836 skyscrapernews.com 19 January 2008 18 February 2012 27 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110927044307/http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=836 live 100 King Street, formerly the Midland Bank, is a former bank premises on King Street in Manchester, England. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1928 and constructed in 1933–35. It is Lutyens' major work in Manchester and was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1974.Former Midland Bank 1219241 19 October 2012 Architecture The architects for the former bank, a castle-like Art Deco building surrounded by roads on all four sides,King Street, Spring Gardens, Chancery Lane and Brown Street were Lutyens in collaboration with Whinney, Son & Austen Hall. It was built between 1933 and 1935 by J. Gerrard & Sons of Swinton and features carvings by the local sculptor John Ashton Floyd.165–167 Clare Hartwell Pevsner Architectural Guides Manchester Penguin Books 2001 978-0-14-071131-8 It is constructed of Portland stone around a steel frame.Parkinson-Bailey John Manchester: an architectural history Manchester University Press 2000 978-0-7190-5606-2 144 Its neoclassical design is unusual for Manchester; the style perhaps more suited to the architecture of Liverpool, as most of Manchester's buildings are Neogothic.Great White Beauty Comes Clean http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Culture/Architecture/Great-White-Beauty-Comes-Clean Manchester Confidential 8 August 2011 18 February 2012 dead https://archive.today/20120804044902/http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Culture/Architecture/Great-White-Beauty-Comes-Clean 4 August 2012 dmy-all "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."Hartwell Lancashire; Manchester and the South-East; p. 317 It is sometimes known as The King of King Street because of its distinct structure and height. From 1912, Lutyens laid out New Delhi as the new capital of India.Gradidge Roderick Edwin Lutyens: Architect Laureate 1981 George Allen and Unwin London 0-04-720023-5 69 He devised his own Delhi Order of classical architecture there, with small bells hanging from the capitals of the columns,Gradidge (1981), p. 151. and subsequently made use of this order in his design for the bank. History thumb|250px|Former banking hall, converted into restaurant The bank was renamed HSBC Bank after HSBC acquired the Midland Bank in the 1990s. It closed on 6 June 2008 when HSBC relocated to St Ann's Square. The building was subsequently refurbished to provide office space and was placed on the office rental market in March 2010. Jamie Oliver opened an Italian restaurant in the former banking hall in 2011,Marshall brings 100 King Street back http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/7236-marshall-brings-100-king-street-back.html Place North West 27 September 2010 19 October 2012 1 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201164749/http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/7236-marshall-brings-100-king-street-back.html live which closed in 2019 after the company went into administration.Jamie Oliver shuts Manchester Jamie's Italian restaurant as company collapses into administration https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/jamie-oliver-shuts-manchester-jamies-16306834 Manchester Evening News 29 January 2023 21 May 2019 29 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230129092950/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/jamie-oliver-shuts-manchester-jamies-16306834 live A plan to convert the upper floors of the building into a boutique hotel was announced in 2013.100 King Street – Supporting Planning Statement http://www.publicaccess.manchester.gov.uk/associateddocs/selecteddoc.aspx?101522-ssi-0002.pdf Commercial Development Projects January 2013 22 February 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140201145517/http://www.publicaccess.manchester.gov.uk/associateddocs/selecteddoc.aspx?101522-ssi-0002.pdf 1 February 2014 dmy-all In April 2015, the Hotel Gotham opened on the upper floors of the building.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/manchester/hotels/hotel-gotham/ Cathy Toogood Hotel Gotham The Telegraph 22 August 2022 In August 2022, Gordon Ramsay announced that he planned to open a restaurant in the unit formerly occupied by Jamie's Italian.Gordon Ramsay opening swish three-storey Asian restaurant at former Jamie's Italian site in Manchester https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/gordon-ramsay-opening-swish-three-24820575 Manchester Evening News 29 January 2023 21 August 2022 'Lucky Cat Manchester', Ramsey's Tokyo-themed restaurant, opened at the site on 1 June 2023.Gordon Ramsay's new restaurant on Manchester's King Street https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/food-and-drink/23514797.gordon-ramsays-new-restaurant-manchesters-king-street/ Great British Life 22 May 2023 1 June 2023 1 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230601132723/https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/food-and-drink/23514797.gordon-ramsays-new-restaurant-manchesters-king-street/ live The restaurant spans three floors and features a private dining room situated in the underground bank vault.Gordon Ramsey's latest restaurant opens in Manchester https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2023/05/11/gordon-ramseys-latest-restaurant-opens-in-manchester bdaily.co.uk 11 May 2023 1 June 2023 11 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230511160011/https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2023/05/11/gordon-ramseys-latest-restaurant-opens-in-manchester live See also Greater Manchester Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester Listed buildings in Manchester-M2 References Citations Bibliography Hartwell Clare Hyde Matthew Pevsner Nikolaus The Buildings of England Lancashire: Manchester and the South East 2004 Yale University Press New Haven, CT; London 0-300-10583-5 Hartwell Clare Pevsner Architectural Guides Manchester 2001 Penguin London 0-14-071131-7 53 28 50 N 2 14 32 W type:landmark title Category:HSBC buildings and structures Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Manchester Category:Grade II* listed banks Category:Art Deco architecture in England Category:Works of Edwin Lutyens in England Category:Office buildings in Manchester