OldBankStudio is a highly professional tattoo shop based in a Grade 2 Listed Bank and a great place to get inked by some outstanding artists. The studio and the artists working here are fully qualified and licensed.
They all have vast experience in the tattoo industry, are extremely talented and enthusiastic about their job. Frank Villaseñor is one of the founders of the shop and also one of the lead artists at OldBankStudio. He’s got 15 years experience in the field of tattooing, he worked in different studios all over Europe and Mexico.
We have a state of the art facility full of features and a great environment to relax on those long sessions. We also have dedicated private areas for more intimate tattooing and a VIP area for long sessions where you may want to bring friends.
About The Premesis
Bank now office premises. c1900. Probably by F W Morton for the Union Bank of Manchester. Ashlar sandstone, glazed roof. Single storey; corner site with 3-bay front to Elliot Street and 2-bay left return facing Patchett Street having lower, 4- window wing. Classical, in Doric style. Plinth with pedestals linked by continuous cornice on which are engaged columns. Central doorway has 10-panel door in eaved architrave beneath frieze with ‘BANK’ in raised letters; dentilled cornice under finely-carved arms of the Union Bank of Manchester. Flanking bays have later windows in rusticated surrounds with raised keystones. Entablature with triglyphs and mutules; balustraded parapet with 4 dies. Left return: channel-rustication; contemporary rain-water goods with patterned and corniced hoppers; entablature and balustrade as front. Wing to left has channel-rustication and 2-pane sashes of 3:1:1:3 lights with Art Nouveau leaded lower sashes; modillioned cornice. Interior: remodelled with false ceiling which conceals remains of classical plasterwork and intact Art Nouveau stained-glass ceiling.
