France & Laycock was an architectural partnership formed by James Harold France (1873-1925) and Harry Brooksbank Laycock (1885-1916) in Manchester, England in c.1909. The practice designed an annex to the Congregational Church School in Ashley Road, Hale, Cheshire (1909-11); an extension to the Congregational Church in Ashley Road, Hale, Cheshire (1912-13); and the the Roby Congregational Church and Schools in Longsight, Manchester (1913).
In 1909 France & Laycock were selected 3rd place in a competition to design an Elementary Council School in Elton Ward, Bury. Their entry is illustrated in British Competitions in Architecture vol. 2, no. 9, July 1909 (pp. 342-345)
France & Laycock had offices at 7 Chapel Walks, Manchester and 13 Canning Street Bury, Lancashire. The partnership was dissolved in 1913