CASE STUDY – KING STREET TOWNHOUSE, MANCHESTER

King Street Townhouse, located within the upper King Street Conservation Area of Manchester city centre, is an impressive Italian renaissance building, designed by local architect Edward Salomons and originally built in 1872 for the Manchester Salford Trustees Bank.

Eclectic Hotels intention was to respectfully expand on the allure and unique qualities of this historic building with their baby grand hotel providing the need for new contemporary accommodation in the area. Silver Bear Design were chosen to produce the guest room Evacuation Plans for this exciting new development. We speak to Joanna Nizialek, Health and Safety Manager for the Eclectic Hotel collection about our recent project to deliver Evacuation Plans for their latest hotel.

What was the driver in your need for Evacuation Plans for your hotel ?

Due to the nature of the business, we are by law required to provide clear, accessible, easy to understand means of escape information for all of our guests and visitors.

What made you choose Silver Bear to design the plans?

Their attractive graphic design options, which meet British and international standards and their specialised design of evacuation plans that are used and recommended by globally recognised brands and industry leaders.

ABOUT ECLECTIC HOTELS

The Eclectic Hotels Collection boasts five properties within Manchester. Great John Street hotel, a converted Victorian school that has been transformed into a luxury townhouse hotel, Didsbury House and Eleven Didsbury Park are both beautiful Victorian villas situated in Manchester’s cosmopolitan Didsbury area, a sleek and exclusive private members lounge, On The 7th situated in the heart of MediaCityUK and the most recent addition to Eclectic’s portfolio, King Street Townhouse, a baby grand hotel which opened in 2015. Each property is individually styled with interiors that both reflect and celebrate the building’s history and its surroundings.

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"We have received a great amount of praise from independent Fire Safety assessors and Fire Enforcement officers with regards to quality and design of our fire evacuation plans as ‘one of the best they have ever seen’."

KING STREET TOWNHOUSE, MANCHESTER

ABOUT SILVER BEAR DESIGN

Silver Bear Design specialise in Fire Evacuation Plans and safety signs.
Our Fire Evacuation Plans are used by many of the worlds leading companies including GSK, Coca Cola, Hilton Hotels, Ebay and Talk Talk.

Within the commercial sector, we work with companies that have hundreds of managed properties, schools, hotels, district and county councils, hospitals and NHS trusts.

Is there anything about working with us that you particularly liked?

Silver Bear Design provided a fantastic response time for any queries or last minute changes, They were pleasant to work with, and great to communicate with.
We were also able to customise every element of the design to meet our specific needs. We have received a great amount of praise from independent Fire Safety assessors and Fire Enforcement officers with regards to quality and design of our fire evacuation plans as ‘one of the best they have ever seen’.

Would you use Silver Bear again for future projects?

Absolutely. We will not look elsewhere for any future design needs.