38 and 42 Mosley Street

38 and 42 Mosley Street
38 and 42 Mosley Street, Manchester
General information
Architectural style	Italian palazzo style
Year(s) built	1862; extended in 1880s and 1975
Owner	Bruntwood
Technical details
Floor count	4
Floor area	28,000 sq ft (2,600 m2)[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Edward Walters (1862); Barker and Ellis (1880s)
Designations
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Royal Bank of Scotland
Designated	25 February 1952
Reference no.	1220165
Other information
Public transit access	Piccadilly Gardens tram stop
Website
Official website

38 and 42 Mosley Street in Manchester, England, is a double-block Victorian bank constructed between 1862 and c. 1880 for the Manchester and Salford Bank. It is located on the corner of Mosley Street and York Street.

The original block of 1862 was the "last great work"^[2] of Edward Walters, and the extension of the 1880s was undertaken by his successors Barker and Ellis.

On 25 February 1952, it became a Grade II* listed building.^[3]

It was occupied in 2001 by the Royal Bank of Scotland;^[2] they vacated in 2020 and the building underwent a restoration by owners Bruntwood before reopening in 2023 and being rebranded as 'Bond'.^[1]

The bank is constructed in the Italian palazzo style. The original block has three storeys and seven bays, and the extension has four bays. It is built in ashlar, with slate roofs.^[3]

The ground floors are rusticated with massive pilasters, and the piano nobile above has windows with substantial pediments.^[2] The roofline carries a balustrade with urns and chimneys.^[2] The interior contains a "very fine banking hall with columns and coffered ceiling".^[3] An extension of 1975 "palely follow(s) the nineteenth century rhythms."^[2]

• Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester
• Listed buildings in Manchester-M2

• Hartwell, Clare (2001). Manchester. Pevsner Architectural Guides. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071131-7.

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