Charles Henry Heathcote (2 April 1850–16 January 1938) was a British architect who practised in Manchester. He was articled to the church architects Charles Hansom, of

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, 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 Parr's Bank (1902) in York Street, the Eagle Star Building (1911) in Cross Street, Lloyds Bank (1915) in King Street, and the earlier 107 Piccadilly textile warehouse (1899). He helped plan the

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industrial estate, working for

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and the

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. He designed 15 warehouses for the

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Company. He also worked on the buildings for Richard Lane's Cheadle Royal Lunatic Asylum Eagle_Insurance_Building

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

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, 1904. * Onward Buildings, 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,). * Joshua Hoyle Building, 50 Piccadilly, 1904. Other * Dental Hospital, Oxford Road,

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, 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.

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Charles Heathcote & Sons
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heathcote, Charles 1850 births 1938 deaths 20th-century English architects Architects from Greater Manchester

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