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Spinningfields Square
Spinningfield Square stands on the corner of Deansgate and Hardman Street. It was designed by Allied London for The Royal Bank of Scotland. Originally the RBS was only going to occupy part of the building but later decided to occupy the whole building and make it their North West headquarters.      ****** The previous occupants of this site have been: Northcliffe House  This Art Deco
building can be seen in the background with its
white tower looking like a rocket. The
building was named after Lord Northcliffe the press
baron. The red arrow indicates it in the
aerial photograph below. Northcliffe House was
designed by Waddington Sons & Dunkerly and built
in 1904. Additions were added by J. W.
Beaumont in the late 1920s. This is thought to
include the tower.
  Northcliffe House
was home to Associated Newspapers which included as
one of its titles, the Daily Mail. The Mail
left in the 1980s and the building was demolished in
2002 to make way for RBS's 1 Spinningfield Square.
******** The building with
the round tower, shown in the photograph below, was
demolished to build Northcliffe House.
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