Essex & Nicol was an architectural partnership formed in Birmingham, England in 1886 by Oliver Essex (1855-1939) and John Coulson Nicol (1848-1933).
In 1892 John Goodman (1864-1951) was taken as a partner and the name of the practice changed to Essex, Nicol & Goodman.
Architectural works by Essex & Nicol included four houses. Park Hill, Moseley, for John Munro (1887); 2, 4, 6, 8 Church Road, Moseley (1887); 128, 130 Anderton Park Road, Moseley for Oliver Essex (1897); Factory for Mary Hopkins ships' berth makers, Upper Trinity Street and Bowyer Street, Birmingham (1887); Shop and business premises for S. Mason, beer machinery manufacturers , Earl Street and Chapel Street, Birmingham (1888); Coventry Theatre, Coventry, Warwickshire (1888); Two houses, Prospect Road, Moseley (1888); House, Earl Street and Chapel Street for S. Mason (1888); Two Houses, 125, 127, Anderton Park Road, Moseley for Chas. Collins (1888); "Shipley Grange", Barnt Green, Worcestershire for Thomas Walker (1889); 10, 12 Wake Green, Moseley for W. Pewrcy Harrison (1889); Houses and shops, 19-24 Digbeth, Birmingham for Jos. Horton (1889); "Hill Crest", Church Road, Moseley (1889); 32, 34, Wake Green Road, Moseley for Oliver Essex (1889); House, Tindal Street, Birmingham for Mr. Parkes (1889); "Revesby", 36 Wake Green Road, Moseley for Edwin Fletcher (1889); House, Edgbaston Road and Park Hill, Moseley for John Pickering (1889); Shop for Hoskins & Sewell, bedstead manufacturers, High Street, Bordesley (1889); Shop and alterations for Crane & Son, file manufacturers, 2, 3 Moseley Street, Birmingham (1889); Shop for Mr. Mohr, Bradford Street, Birminghm (1889); Bakehouse for John Collins, High Street, King's Heath (1890); oHouse, Alum Chine, Bournemouth, Hampshire for W. C. Ginder (1890); Manufacturing premises for Martin & Martin, Granville Street, Birmingham (1890); House, 3 Park View, Alcester Road, Moseley for Thos Wilkinson (1890); 41 and 43 St. Agnes Road, Moseley for George Collins (1890); House, Wake Green Road, Modsely for F. Bromhall (1891); 17 Wake Green Road, Moseley for H. R. Hall (1891); Two houses, Highfield Road, Birmingham for John Parker (1891); Factory and shop for C. B. Partridge & Son, nicel platers, Northwood Street, Birmingham (1891); Factory for Thos. Cross, gun action maker, Vesey Street and Price Street, Birmingham (1891); Shop for Ward & Sons, gun manufacturers, St. Mary's Row, Birmingham (1891); Furnishing warehouse for J. W. Lill, draper, Bristol Street, Birmingham (1892); Steel warehouse for Edwin Bayliss. Weaman Street, Birmingham (1892); Factory for P. G. Allday, brass founders, Northwood Street, Birmingham (1892); Stables, etc., 15 Carpenter Road, Birmingham for Harry Berrell (1892); and "Athol Lodge", 6 Elmdon Road, Acock's Green gor J. c. Nicol (1892).
Abbott, Donald. ‘Essex, Nicol & Goodman’ in Birmingham’s Victorian and Edwardian Architects, edited by Phillada Ballard. Wetherby: Oblong Creative Ltd. for the Birmingham and West Midlands Group of the Victorian Society, 2009 pp. 197-220