King Street, Manchester
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King Street is one of the most important throroughfares of the English city of Manchester. Once the centre of the north-west banking industry it is now predominantly an affluent shopping area.
Many original notable buildings survive and are preserved in a conservation area.
- No 53: Lloyds TSB by Charles Heathcote, (1913)
- No 74: Northern Rock Building Society by Heathcote and Rawle, (1896)
- Nos 76-80: Prudential Assurance Offices by Alfred Waterhouse, (1888)
- No 81: Manchester Reform Club by Edward Salomons, (1870)
- No 82: Trustee Savings Bank, formerly the Bank of England by C.R. Cockerell, (1845)
- Nos 88-96: Ship Canal House, headquarters of the Manchester Ship Canal, by Harry S. Fairhurst, (1927)
- No 98: Atlas Chambers by Fairhurst and Michael Waterhouse, (1929)
- No 100: Midland Bank (HSBC) by Sir Edwin Lutyens, (1929)
King Street (along with Bridge Street) is considered as Manchester's most upmarket shopping area which includes stores such as Vivienne Westwood, Whistles, Flannels, Gant, Karen Millen, Kookai, Hermes, Emporio Armani, Collezioni Armani, DKNY, Ted Baker, Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger,Diesel, Livi's, Timberland, Calvin Klein Jeans, Polo Ralph Lauren, Max Mara, Adolfo Dominguez, Cecil Gee, Paul Smith, Joseph, Jaeger, Agent Provocateur, Mulberry, Thomas Pink, Reiss, Richard Creme, Aspecto amongst others.
- Note some of the above stores are on Bridge Street NOT King Street but both streets are often referred to as just 'King Street' by shoppers.
