King Street, Manchester

[1] It was replaced by the first Town Hall, to accommodate the growing local government and its civic assembly rooms.

The building was designed in the Grecian style and Goodwin was strongly influenced by his patron John Soane.

As the size and wealth of the city grew, largely as a result of the textile industry, its administration outstripped the existing facilities and a new building was proposed.

The façade was removed to Heaton Park in 1912, when the current building was erected on the site (53 King Street).

[2] King Street (along with Bridge Street) is considered Manchester's most upmarket shopping area; it has included the Manchester branches of Hermès, Whistles, Gant, Karen Millen, King Street Grooming,[4] Emporio Armani, DKNY, Diesel, Timberland, Calvin Klein Jeans, Polo Ralph Lauren, Max Mara, T. M. Lewin, Jaeger, Cecil Gee, Agent Provocateur, Mulberry, Thomas Pink, Crombie.

King Street, Manchester city centre
The original Manchester Town Hall
Former Bank of England Building , King Street
Looking down King Street towards the River Irwell
53 King Street , a Grade II Lloyd's Bank
35-37 King Street; a Georgian house built in 1736, it became Loyd Entwisle's bank in 1788 and under various names continued until it was incorporated into the National Westminster Bank; in the 1990s it was closed as a bank and converted into a shop [ 3 ]