John Percy Hall was born in Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England on 21 October 1876 and was articled to his father, John Hall, in Scarborough, Lancashire. He also studied at Scarborough School of Art. From 1897 he worked as an assistant to Edward Goldie (1856-1921) in London. Hall qualified as an architect in 1901 and later that year was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA). He commenced practice as an architect in Scarborough and London.
Hall's address was given as 6 Victoria Grove, Kensington, London in 1911; 6, Victoria Grove, Kensington, W.; and 24, Westborough, Scarborough and 28, Westbourne Park, Scarborough in 1914; 6, Victoria Grove, Kensington in 1914 and 1926; 9 GroveMansions, Clapham Common, London in 1930; and 215 Elgin Avenue, London in 1935 and 1939. He died in London on 28 October 1939.
Domestic buildings ID different parts of the country, amongst them country house, stables, garage, lodges, and gardens In Sussex for Miss E. D. Coats; alterations and additions to house at Bournemouth for the Bight Hon. Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett, P.C., D.L., M.P.; several new quarters for the North Biding Territorial Association; hotels and Industrial buildings, Scarborough; new warehouses, offices, grain silos, and alterations to the Sun Flour Mills, Bromley-by-Bow, E.; power stations at Glasgow, Liverpool, and Southampton, (or the British Mexican Petroleum Co., Ltd.; petrol store and tilling station, offices, etc., London, for the Union Petroleum Products Co., Ltd.; consulting architect to Messrs. Palmer's Shipbuilding and Iron Co., Ltd., for their workmen's hostel and canteen, Hebburn-on-Tyne
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001