National & Provincial Building Society
| Company type | Building Society (Mutual) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Fate | Acquired by the Abbey National |
| Products | Savings, Mortgages |
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]
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]
References
- ^ "Past Building Societies". BuildingSociety.com. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ Simon Rex (11 January 2010). "List of demutualised building societies". Building Societies Association. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "Further details about building societies' balance sheet (to December 2007) data". Bank of England. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ "150 years of BSAS - Board 3" (PDF). Bradford Society of Architects and Surveyors. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
- ^ Clayton, Emma (1 October 2022). "Love it or loathe it? Provincial House in Bradford city centre". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
- ^ Wainwright, Martin (2 September 2002). "Building society HQ succumbs". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
