Grayson and Ould was the title of an architectural practice based in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. George Enoch Grayson (1833/4–1912) (usually known as G. E. Grayson) established an independent practice in Liverpool in 1857.[1]Edward Ould (1852–1909) trained with John DouglasinChester.[2] The partnership was formed in 1886; prior to this each designed buildings separately. After 1886 most of the works were designed together, with some exceptions shown in the list. Grayson's son, George Hastwell Grayson (1871–1951), joined the partnership in 1896.[3]
In the list below, buildings designed by Grayson alone are denoted by † in the "Name" column, and Ould's designs by *.
A single house, "Stafford House" (11), dated 1876,[12] a single house (9) built c.1800[13] and a pair of semi-detached houses (5 and 7), with stepped gables and turrets dated 1881.[14][15][16]
Standing on the corner of Victoria Street and Sir Thomas Street, the bank is constructed in stone in Neoclassical style, with columns, pilasters, and a central pediment.[17][18]
Designed in an elaborate Vernacular Revival style, the school is constructed in brown brick with red terracotta and stone dressings, and a tiled roof. It has an L-plan and includes a hall, dining room and kitchen.[19][20]
Built at the expense of the Duke of Westminster. The ground floor is stone-faced, the upper storey has tile-hanging in the style of Norman Shaw.[29][30]
Designed partly for the Mersey Mission to Seamen, including a chapel and meeting rooms, and partly as a temperance hotel on the corner of Hanover Street and Paradise Street. It is in red and yellow brick with a tiled roof, in three storeys and an attic.[31][32]
Built as a house, later partly rebuilt. In red brick with blue brick diapering and a slate roof. Later used as offices and a restaurant for Chester Zoo.[34][35]
A house in Vernacular Revival style for Theodore Mander. Extended in 1893. It is constructed in brick with stone dressings and timber framing with tiled roofs. Now owned by the National Trust.[44][45][46]
Built for the soap manufacturer Robert William Hudson on a different site, and then known as Bidston Court. Moved to Frankby in 1929–31, and used later as a hotel.[65][66][67]
Enlarged and altered by Ould for Charles Tertius Mander, first baronet; further alterations with addition of large Library and Music Room in 1908. A house in brick with stone dressings and a tile roof. It has an L-plan, and is in Arts and Crafts style. Later used as a hotel (alterations).[68][69][70][71]
A complete 404-bed hospital, replacing an earlier hospital on the same site. It had an E-plan with a pedimented centre. Now replaced by the Countess of Chester Hospital.[34]
A large church in red brick with red sandstone dressings, and green slate roofs. It has an octagonal southeast turret with a pointed roof.[142][143][144]
A former manor house restored by Ould with Jonathan Simpson for Lord Leverhulme. It was then donated to Bolton Corporation and has been used as a museum. The building is partly timber-framed and partly in stone.[148][149]
Built as a Liberal Club, later used as a Post Office and village club. It is timber-framed on a stone base, with a U-shaped plan. The wings have jettied first storeys with quatrefoil panels.[157][158]
On a corner site with an L-plan. Constructed in red brick with stone dressings, it has a canted entrance on the corner rising to a turret with a cupola. On each side are wings with Dutch gables.[160][161]
Later Martin's Bank; in red ashlar stone, elaborately decorated, with a tetrastyleCorinthianportico.[162]Cadw describes the exterior as "white ashlar to ground floor, red sandstone above".[163]
Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN0-300-10583-5
Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN978-0-300-12663-1
Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Shropshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN0-300-12083-4
Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974), Staffordshire, The Buildings of England, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, ISBN0-14-071046-9
Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN0-300-10910-5
Sharples, Joseph; Pollard, Richard (2004), Liverpool, Pevsner Architectural Guides, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN0-300-10258-5
