Manchester, Brooks Bank c.1876
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These are the premises of the bank run as Cunliffe Brooks & Co, one of Manchester's private banks. Chancery Lane is to the left of the building, and Brown Street runs away to the right. The whole building was put up by the Bank of England in 1826, its second branch in the provinces. Samuel Brooks bought the premises in 1847 when the Bank of England moved out to newer premises. The Bank of England entrance was on King Street, so Mr Brooks constructed this entrance, complete with its wonderful crown, to establish his bank in Manchester. William Brooks and Roger Cunliffe had been running a bank in Blackburn for some years before they took up this establishment. When Samuel died, he left £2.5 million, and the bank passed to his son Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, who lived at Barlow Hall, Chorlton, and was MP for Altrincham. This lovely building is still standing today.
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