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The building was constructed as one of three branch banks for the Bank of England in the mid-19th century. [4] The building was used entirely by the bank and did not contain any lettable space to other businesses, which were being fast established in the district. Subsequently, Cockerell built a similar building in Cook Street for this purpose.
Historic England Archives – over a million free online catalogue descriptions of photographs and records of England's buildings and heritage sites. No longer updated. No longer updated. England's Places – Discover photos of English cities, towns and villages using this online version of the Architectural Red Box Collection from the Historic ...
The list is managed by Historic England (formerly English Heritage), and currently includes about 1,600 sites. [ 1 ] As with listed buildings , parks and gardens are graded on a scale: Grade I being internationally significant sites; these are therefore the most important and constitute around 10% of the total number.
The National Heritage List for England was launched in 2011 as the statutory list of all designated historic places including listed buildings and scheduled monuments. [ 1 ] The list is managed by Historic England (formerly part of English Heritage), and is available as an online database with over 400,000 listed buildings, registered parks ...
The Former Bank of England building at 82 King Street, Manchester, is a historic banking building. It has been recognised as a Grade I listed building, maintained by Manchester City Council. [1] It was designed by Charles Robert Cockerell and constructed in the 1840s, being completed in 1846. [2]
This is a list of archives in the United Kingdom. As of 2009 [update] there were 122 national, 654 local, 328 university, 1,224 special and 61 business archives. [ 1 ]
A Perspective View of the Bank of England (published 1756): the bank initially occupied a narrow site behind the front on Threadneedle Street. The Bank of England moved to its current location, on the site of Sir John Houblon's house and garden in Threadneedle Street (close by the church of St Christopher le Stocks), in 1734. [52]
Westminster Abbey, founded 1065, completed c. 1090. The historic buildings of the United Kingdom date from prehistoric times onwards. The earliest are Neolithic buildings and these are followed by those of ancient, medieval and modern times, all exemplifying the architecture of the United Kingdom.