George Enoch Grayson was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 1 June 1833 and was articled to Jonathan Gillibrand Sale (1806-1866) in 1851. He commenced independent practice as an architect in 1857 and in 1886 formed the architectural partnership Grayson & Ould with Edward Augustus Lyle Ould (1852-1909).
Grayson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1886 His address was given as 31 James Street, Liverpool in 1886 and 1900; and Green Bank, Egerton, Rock Ferry, Cheshire in 1912. He died in Birkenhead, Cheshire on 7 November 1912,
Work by Grayson included St Michael's Church in Hough Green, Widnes, Cheshire (1870); All Hallows Church in Allerton, Liverpool (1872-76); Scottish Provident Building in Castle Street, Liverpool (1874); Mersey Chambers, offices of the shipping merchants Thomas and James Harrison in Old Church Street, Liverpool (c.1878); Scottish Equitable Chambers, Castle Street, Liverpool (1874); 5, 7, 9 and 11 Fairy Road, Wrexham, Wales (1876-81); Bank of Liverpool in Liverpool (1881-82); Queen's School in Chester, Cheshire (1881-83); St. Oswald's Church in Bidston (1882); Liverpool Savings Bank, Scotland Road, Liverpool (1882); Granite Buildings, 6–20 Stanley Street, Liverpool (1882); The Recory in Handley, Cheshire (1884); Uffington House in Chester, Cheshire (1885); The Old Rectory in Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales (1885); Church House in Hanover Street, Liverpool (1885); Union Bank of Liverpool, 43-47 Bold Street, Liverpool (1885); Oakfield Manor, Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire (c.1885); Birkenhead Hamilton Square railway station (1886)
For work by Grayson in partnership with Edward Augustus Lyle Ould see List of works by Grayson and Ould [link below]
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‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 103, 15 November 1912 p. 593
‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 104, 24 November 1912 p. 132
‘Obituary’. Royal Institute of British Architects Journal vol. 20, 1912-13 p. 61