Former Midland Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Bank. 3 related planning applications.
Former Midland Bank
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-footing-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Former Midland Bank, 2 and 4, Swan Street, M4 5JN
- OS grid reference
- SJ 846 987
- Coordinates
- 53.48506, -2.23312
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Midland Bank, now an office, was built around 1914 and has been renovated. It is located on a corner site at the east side of Swan Street in Ancoats, Manchester. The building is designed in a classical style and features Portland stone, although the roof is concealed. It has an irregular plan with a semi-circular south end facing Oldham Road.
The structure has two storeys, with a rusticated ground floor and coupled Ionic pilasters on the first floor. It includes a panelled frieze, a dentilled modillion cornice, and a balustraded parapet. The entrance is highlighted by a pilaster doorcase with a cornice on consoles, topped by a voluted keyblock. The ground floor has round-headed windows with run-out voussoirs, while the first floor features square-headed windows with moulded architraves, ornamental balconies, and cornices mounted on cartouches.
Local climate
Former Midland Bank sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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