Bank Chambers is an office building on Portland Street,

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The ...

, England. Its heavy and imposing appearance gives away its previous use as a bullion bank vault by the Bank of England. The

Bank of England The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694 to act as the English Government's banker, and still one of the bankers for the Government o ...

vacated the building in the 1990s and the building is now used as offices.

Background

The building was built in 1971 and designed by the architecture practice Aukett Fitzroy Robertson. The building is bomb-proof with a 16-inch exterior wall of concrete and wide cavity existed for security patrols. Every Tuesday the surrounding roads would be temporary closed to allow the transportation of money. The building was vacated in the 1990s and office developer Bruntwood bought the building. It was subsequently renovated with Grade A office space. The existing vault space has since been converted into space for servers and data farms for companies.

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{{coord, 53.47920, N, 2.23812, W, region:GB_type:landmark, display=title Buildings and structures in Manchester Office buildings completed in 1971