Charles Heathcote

Charles Heathcote
Lloyds Bank, Manchester
Born	1850
Died	1938
Nationality	English
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	107 Piccadilly (1899) Piccadilly Parrs Bank (1902) York Street Eagle Star Building (1911), Cross Street Lloyds Bank (1915), King Street
Projects	Trafford Park, Trafford

Charles H. Heathcote (1850 – 1938)^[1] was a British architect who practised in Manchester. 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 Parrs Bank (1902), York Street, the Eagle Star Building (1911), Cross Street, Lloyds Bank (1915), King Street, and the earlier 107 Piccadilly textile warehouse (1899).^[2] He helped plan the Trafford Park industrial estate, working for British Westinghouse and the Ford Motor Company. He designed 15 warehouses for the Manchester Ship Canal Company. He also worked on the buildings for Richard Lane's Cheadle Royal Lunatic Asylum^[1]

Eagle Insurance Building, Manchester

107 Piccadilly

Buildings

Grade 2 listed

• 53 King Street, Lloyds Bank, 1915. (now Lloyds TSB).
• Northern Rock Insurance, corner Cross Street & King Street, 1895.
• Eagle Insurance, 68 Cross Street, 1911.
• Anglia House, 86 Cross Street, 1904.
• Royal London House, 202 Deansgate, 1904.
• Onward Buildings,^[3] 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,^[4]).
• Joshua Hoyle Building,^[5] 50 Piccadilly, 1904.

Other

• Dental Hospital, Oxford Road, University of Manchester, 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.^[6]

See also

• Heathcote (surname)

References

1. Cocks, Harry; Wyke, Terry (2004), Public sculpture of Greater Manchester, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, p. 448, ISBN 0-85323-567-8
2. Archived August 26, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
3. "The Onward Building". Manchesterhistory.net. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
4. Later National Westminster Bank and now converted to other uses
5. "Joshua Hoyle Building, Including Roby House - Manchester - Manchester - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
6. "Manchester Buildings and the Architects who built Manchester?". Manchester2002-uk.com. Retrieved 2013-10-14.

Bibliography

Hartwell, Clare (2001), Manchester, Pevsner Architectural Guides, New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-09666-6

Further reading

• Parkinson-Bailey, John J. (2000). Manchester: An Architectural History. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-71905-606-2.

External links

• Charles Heathcote & Sons