National & Provincial Building Society
Defunct building society of the United Kingdom
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The National & Provincial Building Society was a mutual building society based in Bradford, England. It was established in 1982 by a merger between the Provincial Building Society and the Burnley Building Society.[1]
Company type | Building Society (Mutual) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Fate | Acquired by the Abbey National |
| Products | Savings, Mortgages |
On 5 August 1996, Abbey National took over the National & Provincial.[2][3]
Headquarters
National & Provincial had their headquarters at Provincial House, Bradford, which was designed by John Brunton,[4] and were inherited from the Provincial Building Society, who commenced construction in 1969.[5]
Provincial House continued to be occupied by Abbey National after the takeover but the, by then, 55,000 sq ft building was demolished in a controlled explosion on 1 September 2002. The explosion, carried out by Controlled Demolition used 1,500 detonating charges which totalled 90kg worth of explosives.[6]
