Royal Bank of Scotland is a Grade II* listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1952. Bank. 12 related planning applications.
Royal Bank of Scotland
- WRENN ID
- iron-window-finch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1952
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Royal Bank of Scotland, 38 and 42, Mosley Street, M2 3AZ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 841 982
- Coordinates
- 53.48038, -2.24025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Bank of Scotland is a bank building located on Mosley Street in Manchester, constructed in 1862 by Edward Walters for the Manchester and Salford Bank, with an extension added around 1880 by Barker and Ellis. The building is designed in the Italian palazzo style and features ashlar stonework with slate roofs. It has a rectangular plan situated on an end-of-block site, with a portal on the left and an extension beyond it.
The original structure consists of three storeys and seven bays. It has a massive vermiculated plinth and a tall ground floor characterized by banded piers and a modillioned cornice that supports balustraded balconies above the first-floor windows. The upper floors are pilastered, featuring Ionic corner pilasters, and topped with a large bracketed cornice and a balustraded parapet adorned with urns. The ground floor includes plate glass windows with geometric tracery, while the first floor has sash windows with pedimented architraves, including a central window that is segmental and supported by columns. The second floor has shorter sash windows with moulded architraves.
The right-hand return to York Street consists of six bays that match the original style. To the left, there is a single-storey portal with Tuscan columns, large consoles supporting a prominent cornice, and a balustraded parapet with urns. The extension to the left is three storeys high and has four bays, designed to match the original building's style.
Inside, the bank features a very fine banking hall with columns and a coffered ceiling. This building represents the last significant work of architect Edward Walters.
Local climate
Royal Bank of Scotland 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 — 12 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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