Bradshaw, Gass & Hope [in 1913 renamed Bradshaw Gass & Hope] originated as Bradshaw & Gass and was an architectural partnership formed by Jonas James Bradshaw (1837-1912) and John Bradshaw Gass (1855-1939) in Bolton, Lancashire in 1881. Arthur John Hope (1875-1960) became a partner in the practice in 1902 when the name was changed to Bradshaw, Gass & Hope. The practice gained a reputation for the design of municipal buildings. Between 1928 and 1939 they designed seven town halls and extended Bolton Town Hall.
The firm currently [2024] practises under the name Bradshaw Gass & Hope LLP and as BGH.
Leysian Wesleyan Mission, Finsbury (1902–04); Westhoughton Town Hall (1903-04); Manchester Stock Exchange (1904–06); Carnegie Library, Atherton (1904–05); Baptist Church, Market Street, Farnworth (1906); Tollard Royal Hotel, Southampton Row (1907); Queen's Hall Methodist Mission, Market Street, Wigan (1907–08); Croal Mill, Callis Road, Bolton (1908); Astley Bridge Carnegie Branch Library (1909–12); Farnworth Town Hall and Carnegie Library (1909–11); Great Lever Branch Carnegie Library (1909–12); Stockport Central Carnegie Library (1912–13); Leigh Spinners cotton mill in Leigh (1913); Miners Hall, Bolton (1913-14); Royal Exchange, Manchester (1914–21); Workshops for the Blind, Marsden Road, Bolton (1914); Methodist College, Medak (1917–25); Astley Bridge Mill, (1920–27); Miners' Convalescent Home, Blackpool (1925–27); UMIST, Manchester (1927–57); War Memorial, Bolton (1928); Co-Op, Victoria Square, Bolton (1928); Lewisham Town Hall (1928–32); Leith Theatre and Library (1929–31); Bolton Town Hall extensions and Civic Centre (1930–39); Wimbledon Town Hall (1931); Trafford Town Hall (1932-33); Boothstown Mines Rescue Station (1933); Luton Town Hall (1934–38); Chesterfield Town Hall (1937–38); Padiham Town Hall (1938); Turton High School, Bromley Cross (1939–53); Completion of Bolton School (1945–65); Police Station and Magistrates Court, Burnley (1951-55); and Police Headquarters, Salford (1958); Methodist Chapel, Halliwell (1959); ICI-Alkali Division Headquarters, Winnington, Northwich (1959–60); Girls School, Broughton (1962); Municipal Offices, Newcastle-under-Lyme (1963); Offices for Jeyes, Thetford (1970); and Bolton Arena (1999–2001)
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See also
Architects of Greater Manchester 1800-1940 - Bradshaw, Gass & Hope
Architects of Greater Manchester 1800-1940 - Bradshaw Gass & Hope
Lingard, Jane and Lingard, Timothy. Bradshaw Gass and Hope : the story of an architectural practice : the first one hundred years 1862-1962. London: Gallery Lingard, 2007.