Spring Gardens, Manchester

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The Grade II* listed Parr's Bank.

Spring Gardens is an important thoroughfare in Manchester city centre. This L-shaped street, formerly the centre of the north-west banking industry, has five Grade II listed buildings and is part of the Upper King Street conservation area.

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Location

King Street runs from Market Street to the north to the eastern end of King Street, then turns left (south-east) crossing Mosley Street, continuing as Charlotte Street.

Notable buildings

Five buildings are listed Grade II. [1]

Even nos. (west side)
Odd nos. (east side)

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References

Notes
  1. City Planning Department (1985) Manchester's Architectural Heritage. Manchester: City Council
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hartwell 2001, p. 205.
  3. 1 2 Hartwell 2001, p. 203.
  4. Skyliner (4 September 2013). "The Anonymous murals of Spring Gardens" . Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  5. Atkins 1976, p. 86.
  6. 1 2 3 Hartwell 2001, p. 204.
  7. Atkins 1976, p. 85.
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