Charles Henry Heathcote (2 April 1850–16 January 1938) was a British architect who practised in

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

. He was articled to the church architects Charles Hansom, of Clifton, Bristol. He was awarded the RI Medal of Merit in 1868, and started his own practice in 1872. Heathcote built city centre buildings such as Parr's Bank (1902) on York Street, the Eagle Star Building (1911) on Cross Street, Lloyds Bank (1915) on King Street, and the earlier 107 Piccadilly textile warehouse (1899). He helped plan the

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industrial estate, working for

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and the

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. He designed 15 warehouses for the

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Company. He also worked on the buildings for Richard Lane's Cheadle Royal Lunatic Asylum. Eagle_Insurance_Building

Buildings

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listed *

53 King Street 53 King Street is an Edwardian Baroque bank on King Street in Manchester, England. Designed by architect Charles Heathcote, it opened in 1913 and was granted Grade II listed building status in 1974. It used to house a branch of Lloyds TSB. In ...

, Lloyds Bank, 1915 (later Lloyds TSB, now a restaurant). * Northern Rock Insurance, corner of Cross Street and King Street, 1895. * Eagle Insurance, 68 Cross Street, 1911. * Anglia House, 86 Cross Street, 1904. * Royal London House, 202

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, 1904. * Onward Buildings, 205–209 Deansgate, 1903–05. * 107 Piccadilly for Sparrow Hardwick & Company, 1898 (now an Abode Hotel). * Commercial Union Buildings, 47 Spring Gardens, 1881–82. * 1–3 York Street, corner of Spring Gardens, 1902 (formerly Parrs Bank). * Joshua Hoyle Building, 50 Piccadilly, 1904. Other * Dental Hospital, Oxford Road,

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, 1908. * 7–9 Piccadilly, with W. A. Thomas, 1910. Heathcote & Rawle Grade 2 listed * Alliance House, 28–34 Cross Street, 1901. * Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, 43–45 Spring Gardens, 1890.

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Charles Heathcote & Sons
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heathcote, Charles 1850 births 1938 deaths 20th-century English architects Architects from Greater Manchester

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