The Partnership became William & Thickness 1884

By 1884 there was sufficient work to support two and Phillip Coldwell Thicknesse joined the partnership to become renowned as William and Thicknesse. It was at this time that they designed Parr’s Bank in Castle Street for Richard Norman Shaw, a really significant building with offices suspended over a magnificent banking hall at ground level. It is worthy of detailed study as a building way ahead of its time both in design quality and structural conception.