Grayson and Ould was the title of an architectural practice in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in North West England, with a population of 1.38 million. It encompasses both banks of the Mersey Estuary and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wi ...

, England, during the late 19th and early 20th century. The partners were

George Enoch Grayson George Enoch Grayson (7 June 1833 – 7 November 1912) was an English architect from Liverpool. He was the son of shipbuilder John Dorlin Grayson and Jane Dixon Grayson. He was articled to Jonathan Gilliband Sale in 1851, travelled on the Conti ...

(1833/4–1912) (usually known as G. E. Grayson) and

Edward Ould Edward Augustus Lyle Ould (1852–1909) was an English architect. Ould was a son of the rector of Tattenhall, Cheshire. He became a pupil of the Chester architect John Douglas and in 1886 he joined in partnership with the Liverpool architect G ...

(1852–1909). Grayson's son, George Hastwell Grayson (1871–1951), joined the partnership in 1896. G. E. Grayson had been articled to Jonathan Gilliband Sale, and then studied on the Continent. In 1857 he established an independent architectural practice in Liverpool. Ould had trained with John Douglas in Chester. The two architects formed a partnership in 1886; prior to this each designed notable buildings separately. After 1886 most of the notable works were designed together. Grayson's son, George Hastwell Grayson (1871–1951), joined the partnership in 1896.

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