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Parr's
Bank - Brown's Brasserie
 This red sandstone
building was built in 1901 by Charles Heathcote for
Parr's Bank. Pevsner says of it, "The
banking hall is amongst the most opulent of any of
the date surviving in Manchester, and for that
matter, in London."
 Today the building is occupied Brown's Brasserie.         Brown's opened here in 2011. Prior to that the building was a pub called the Athenaeum.  Take a look inside when it was a pub. 
 ******************** The Royal Bank of
Scotland, in its history web site, says of Parr's
Bank that it was established in Warrington in 1788,
by Joseph Parr, a sugar refiner; Thomas Lyon, a
brewer and sugar refiner; and Walter Kerfoot, a
solicitor. For over 75 years it remained essentially
a local bank with branches in St. Helens and Runcorn
only. However, in 1865 the bank was reconstructed as
a joint stock bank with limited liability, Parr's
Banking Co Ltd, and embarked upon a programme of
expansion.
By 1900 it had 136 branches, rising to 320
branches nationwide by 1914. In 1918 Parr's Bank
amalgamated with London County & Westminster
Bank to form London County Westminster &
Parr's Bank, later known as Westminster Bank. |
