Title

CIS Building, Cooperative Insurance Society Tower, Miller Street, Manchester, 16/10/1962. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

CIS Building, Cooperative Insurance Society Tower, Miller Street, Manchester, 16/10/1962. The main entrance foyer featuring an abstract wall mural in the Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) Building in Manchester. In 1959, the Laing Company began work on the construction of two office blocks for the Co-operative Society in Manchester. The Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) tower was over 350ft high when completed in 1962, and was the tallest office block in the country at the time. On an adjacent site, a smaller 14-storey high office block for the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) was constructed simultaneously.

Date

1962

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM22A00_073

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

101,6Mb (4,7Mb) / 22,5in x 17,6in / 6739 x 5269 (300dpi)

Keywords

building England interior architecture light country lights British English office block mural location century Britain inside foyer B&W wall painting Manchester Sixties Construction Industry Indoors black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century Greater Manchester TGN photograph Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc CIS Tower John Laing & Co John Laing and Company John Laing & Company John Laing and Co