237:
356:
394:
68:
27:
170:
987:
377:
Rayson, who is described by
Geoffrey Tyack as "the last of Oxford's Arts and Crafts-inspired architects", disliked most modern architecture in Oxford, saying: "St. Catherine's is in brick. It shouldn't be. St. Anne's, Somerville, and St. Hugh's – I should have liked them all to be in harmony with the
587:
Numerous restorations to
Oxfordshire churches, including Great Haseley, Cuddesdon, East Hendred, Ewelme, Fulbrook, Great Rollright, Ipsden, Lyford, Charney Bassett, North Leigh, North Moreton, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oakley, Fyfield, Wootton by Woodstock, and in the city of Oxford St Giles' and St
378:
Oxford tradition. The Law
Library? Frankly I don't understand it: why that great monolithic block with columns underneath. Two words describe a lot of modern building like a lot of modern painting and music: barren and empty. One longs for something to hang on to and enjoy."
384:
In 1966 he handed over his office at 29 Beaumont Street to his son
Christopher Rayson, who was also an architect, and continued to work with him as a consultant until ill health caused him to retire in 1973/4.
344:
He started his practice in Oxford in an office in Turl Street, but had moved to 15 Broad Street by 1922 and to 47 Broad Street by 1930. By 1926 he was
Housing Architect to the Municipal Authorities at
381:
He enjoyed drawing and painting, and served as
Chairman of the Oxford Art Society. He was also musical and ran a quartet with friends and played with the Oxford Orchestral Society.
309:
and James Black Fulton at the
Brixton School of Building. He was admitted as an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1918 and as a Fellow in 1927.
279:, with the family of Thomas's maternal grandfather James English, who was a foreman boiler maker. Thomas's father then took over the Union Flag pub at 178
338:
1008:
271:, India, on 5 December 1888, the second son of William John Rayson, who was then a railway engineer with the Locomotion Fabrication Plant for
1052:
842:
370:
In 1936 Rayson's office at 47 Broad Street was one of the buildings demolished to make way for the New
Bodleian Library (now the
374:), and he moved his office to 35 Beaumont Street. In the late 1940s he moved his office again, this time to 29 Beaumont Street.
132:
104:
236:
334:
223:
205:
151:
111:
54:
275:, and his wife Elizabeth A. English. The family returned to England in 1890 and initially stayed at 8 Chandos Road,
1057:
180:
1047:
558:
Butler House, Ashhurst Way, Rose Hill, Oxford (Oxford
Cottage Improvement Society sheltered accommodation) (1960)
575:
Rayson House, Eden Drive, Headington, Oxford (Oxford
Cottage Improvement Society sheltered accommodation) (1964)
118:
89:
85:
40:
971:
The Buildings of England – Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds, David Verey & Alan Brooks, 1999, p. 644
484:
464:
100:
780:
318:
569:
493:
997:
562:
78:
406:
Job architect for the new Boswell's building on the corner of Cornmarket and Broad Street (1912)
355:
579:
306:
521:
Restoration of The Row, Oxford Road, Bletchingdon for the Oxfordshire Housing Society (1954)
1042:
1037:
532:
434:
125:
8:
731:
584:
The Park Estate, Stow on the Wold (1949–1960) for North Cotswold Rural District Council
440:
398:
363:
In about 1930 he designed his own house called Roundabouts in The Ridings at the foot of
697:
on 26 July 1968, p. 18 to celebrate Rayson's half century as an architect in Oxfordshire
1004:
565:: Parson's Almshouses on the left (1960) and Mary Duncan Almshouses on the right (1964)
499:
302:
290:
187:
46:
830:
911:
693:"50 years' service to architecture in city and County", article published in the
552:
461:
The John Player Factory, Botanic Road, Dublin, with Philip Dalton Hepworth (1923)
322:
272:
902:
Oxford City Council: Conservation Area Appraisal: North Oxford Victorian Suburb
755:
470:
371:
326:
255:(5 December 1888 – 28 January 1976) was an English architect who practised in
1031:
867:
Thomas Rayson named as the architect on an inscribed stone plaque on the wall
525:
414:
248:
on top of the tower of St Mary's Church, Henley, Oxfordshire in December 1955
781:"Forncett St Mary War Memorial, Forncett - 1453698 | Historic England"
480:
Restoration of the former Plough Inn at 38 Cornmarket Street, Oxford (1925)
280:
428:
at Highworth Place in the Crofts, and at Hill Close on Oxford Road (1920s)
536:
418:
359:
Roundabouts, the house designed in c.1930 by Thomas Rayson for his family
286:
In 1933, Thomas Rayson married Helen Hilton, and they had two children.
474:
393:
349:
330:
317:
Rayson first came to Oxford in 1910 as an assistant to the architect
401:
in St Giles', Oxford, designed by Thomas Rayson and unveiled in 1921
67:
756:"The Oxford War Memorial: Thomas Rayson and the Chester Connection"
364:
276:
949:(Macmillan London Ltd, 1988): entry for Stone's Almshouses, p. 443
512:
268:
986:
545:
Extension to the Friends Meeting House, St Giles, Oxford (1958)
425:
345:
333:
working on hospitals from 1916, in 1918 he was employed at the
256:
623:
179:
may be in need of reorganization to comply with Knowledge's
819:
Oxford Heritage Walks: From Oxford Castle to St Giles’
806:
Oxford Heritage Walks: From Oxford Castle to St Giles’
1011:
to it so that it can be listed with similar articles.
321:. He was unable to undertake active service in the
92:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
831:Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board: John Henry Brookes
1029:
449:Stanton St John War Memorial, Oxfordshire (1921)
945:Christopher Hibbert and Edward Hibbert (eds.),
518:Substantial renovations to Cote House (1949–50)
511:Remodelling of the interior of 75 High Street,
190:to make improvements to the overall structure.
689:
687:
685:
683:
681:
679:
677:
675:
673:
671:
452:Forncett St Mary War Memorial, Norfolk (1921)
352:, London, where he designed housing schemes.
301:Rayson served articles with Robert Curwen of
305:in London, and then studied under Professor
55:Learn how and when to remove these messages
668:
568:38 student rooms and two staff houses for
490:Restoration of 28 Cornmarket Street (1951)
431:Woodstock War Memorial, Oxfordshire (1920)
421:, the Master of Manchester College (1914)
224:Learn how and when to remove this message
206:Learn how and when to remove this message
152:Learn how and when to remove this message
876:Jennifer Sherwood and Nikolaus Pevsner,
854:Marcus Binney, "End of the Piers Show",
821:(Oxford Preservation Trust, 2013), p. 29
808:(Oxford Preservation Trust, 2013), p. 27
794:Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720–1940
561:Two extensions to Stone's Almshouses in
392:
354:
235:
505:Roundabouts, The Ridings, Oxford (1929)
502:’ house at 195 The Slade, Oxford (1929)
1030:
749:
747:
745:
743:
958:“Mansfield College appeal launched”,
889:"John Wesley's home to be restored”,
753:
658:
656:
654:
652:
650:
648:
646:
644:
980:
912:Old Headington Village Hall: History
733:Victoria County History: Oxfordshire
163:
90:adding citations to reliable sources
61:
20:
936:Rayson's name inscribed on building
923:“Blenheim work may take 10 years”,
740:
709:up to 1976 for dates of his offices
535:, Lincolnshire, the former home of
496:, with Gilbert T. Gardner (1928–30)
467:Sanatorium, Oxford (by early 1920s)
446:Civic Arts Association War Memorial
13:
996:needs additional or more specific
641:
548:Old Headington Village Hall (1959)
437:, with Frederick Crossley (1921/2)
14:
1069:
665:(The Architectural Press, London)
508:Roebuck pub, Market Street (1938)
36:This article has multiple issues.
1053:British people in colonial India
985:
663:Who’s Who in Architecture (1926)
458:Witney War Memorial, Oxfordshire
455:Cogges War Memorial, Oxfordshire
337:, and was the site engineer of
168:
66:
25:
965:
952:
939:
930:
917:
905:
896:
883:
870:
861:
848:
836:
824:
811:
798:
787:
773:
722:(Oxford University Press, 1998)
528:, with A.B. Knapp-Fisher (1955)
77:needs additional citations for
44:or discuss these issues on the
893:, 4 September 1956, p. 10
725:
720:Oxford: An architectural guide
712:
700:
628:
617:
608:
599:
293:, Oxford, on 28 January 1976.
1:
880:(Penguin Books, 1974), p. 228
592:
259:, and also a watercolourist.
914:, retrieved 23 December 2016
845:, retrieved 23 December 2016
833:, retrieved 23 December 2016
737:, retrieved 23 December 2016
296:
16:English architect (born 1888
7:
947:The Encyclopaedia of Oxford
707:Kelly’s Directory of Oxford
10:
1074:
319:Nathaniel William Harrison
927:, 19 December 1957, p. 13
570:Mansfield College, Oxford
494:Headington School, Oxford
329:. After spending time in
312:
262:
878:The Buildings of England
638:, 31 January 1976, p. 24
542:18 Northmoor Road (1957)
388:
1058:English watercolourists
1048:Architects from Oxford
962:, 26 April 1960, p. 14
402:
360:
249:
858:, 9 April 2004, p. 10
580:Wallingford Town Hall
396:
358:
307:Arthur Beresford Pite
239:
754:Bruce, Alex (1991).
563:St Clement's, Oxford
533:Old Rectory, Epworth
477:, near Oxford (1924)
435:Chester War Memorial
86:improve this article
531:Restoration of the
441:Oxford War Memorial
424:Council housing in
399:Oxford War Memorial
267:Rayson was born in
188:editing the article
500:John Henry Brookes
485:Wellington College
465:St Edward's School
403:
361:
303:Bishopsgate Street
291:Churchill Hospital
250:
1026:
1025:
1009:adding categories
588:Peter-in-the-East
335:Ministry of Works
244:and Canon Crosse
234:
233:
226:
216:
215:
208:
181:layout guidelines
162:
161:
154:
136:
59:
1065:
1021:
1018:
1012:
989:
981:
972:
969:
963:
956:
950:
943:
937:
934:
928:
921:
915:
909:
903:
900:
894:
887:
881:
874:
868:
865:
859:
852:
846:
840:
834:
828:
822:
817:Malcolm Graham,
815:
809:
804:Malcolm Graham,
802:
796:
791:
785:
784:
777:
771:
770:
760:
751:
738:
735:: Witney Borough
729:
723:
718:Geoffrey Tyack,
716:
710:
704:
698:
691:
666:
660:
639:
634:Death notice in
632:
626:
621:
615:
612:
606:
603:
551:Restorations of
341:in Oxfordshire.
339:Witney Aerodrome
229:
222:
211:
204:
200:
197:
191:
172:
171:
164:
157:
150:
146:
143:
137:
135:
94:
70:
62:
51:
29:
28:
21:
1073:
1072:
1068:
1067:
1066:
1064:
1063:
1062:
1028:
1027:
1022:
1016:
1013:
1002:
990:
978:
976:
975:
970:
966:
957:
953:
944:
940:
935:
931:
922:
918:
910:
906:
901:
897:
888:
884:
875:
871:
866:
862:
853:
849:
841:
837:
829:
825:
816:
812:
803:
799:
792:
788:
779:
778:
774:
758:
752:
741:
730:
726:
717:
713:
705:
701:
692:
669:
661:
642:
633:
629:
622:
618:
613:
609:
604:
600:
595:
578:Restoration of
553:Blenheim Palace
391:
323:First World War
315:
299:
289:He died at the
273:Indian Railways
265:
230:
219:
218:
217:
212:
201:
195:
192:
186:Please help by
185:
173:
169:
158:
147:
141:
138:
101:"Thomas Rayson"
95:
93:
83:
71:
30:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1071:
1061:
1060:
1055:
1050:
1045:
1040:
1024:
1023:
993:
991:
984:
974:
973:
964:
951:
938:
929:
916:
904:
895:
882:
869:
860:
847:
835:
823:
810:
797:
786:
772:
739:
724:
711:
699:
667:
640:
627:
616:
607:
597:
596:
594:
591:
590:
589:
585:
582:
576:
573:
566:
559:
556:
549:
546:
543:
540:
529:
522:
519:
516:
509:
506:
503:
497:
491:
488:
483:Talbot House,
481:
478:
473:’s theatre on
471:John Masefield
468:
462:
459:
456:
453:
450:
447:
444:
438:
432:
429:
422:
407:
390:
387:
372:Weston Library
327:collapsed lung
314:
311:
298:
295:
264:
261:
240:Thomas Rayson
232:
231:
214:
213:
176:
174:
167:
160:
159:
74:
72:
65:
60:
34:
33:
31:
24:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1070:
1059:
1056:
1054:
1051:
1049:
1046:
1044:
1041:
1039:
1036:
1035:
1033:
1020:
1010:
1006:
1000:
999:
994:This article
992:
988:
983:
982:
979:
968:
961:
955:
948:
942:
933:
926:
920:
913:
908:
899:
892:
886:
879:
873:
864:
857:
851:
844:
839:
832:
827:
820:
814:
807:
801:
795:
790:
782:
776:
768:
764:
757:
750:
748:
746:
744:
736:
734:
728:
721:
715:
708:
703:
696:
690:
688:
686:
684:
682:
680:
678:
676:
674:
672:
664:
659:
657:
655:
653:
651:
649:
647:
645:
637:
631:
625:
620:
611:
602:
598:
586:
583:
581:
577:
574:
571:
567:
564:
560:
557:
555:(1950s/1960s)
554:
550:
547:
544:
541:
538:
534:
530:
527:
526:Keble College
524:Extension at
523:
520:
517:
515:, Oxfordshire
514:
510:
507:
504:
501:
498:
495:
492:
489:
486:
482:
479:
476:
472:
469:
466:
463:
460:
457:
454:
451:
448:
445:
442:
439:
436:
433:
430:
427:
423:
420:
416:
415:Shotover Hill
412:
411:Shotover Edge
408:
405:
404:
400:
395:
386:
382:
379:
375:
373:
368:
366:
357:
353:
351:
347:
342:
340:
336:
332:
328:
324:
320:
310:
308:
304:
294:
292:
287:
284:
282:
278:
274:
270:
260:
258:
254:
253:Thomas Rayson
247:
243:
238:
228:
225:
210:
207:
199:
189:
183:
182:
177:This article
175:
166:
165:
156:
153:
145:
134:
131:
127:
124:
120:
117:
113:
110:
106:
103: –
102:
98:
97:Find sources:
91:
87:
81:
80:
75:This article
73:
69:
64:
63:
58:
56:
49:
48:
43:
42:
37:
32:
23:
22:
19:
1014:
995:
977:
967:
959:
954:
946:
941:
932:
924:
919:
907:
898:
890:
885:
877:
872:
863:
855:
850:
838:
826:
818:
813:
805:
800:
793:
789:
775:
766:
762:
732:
727:
719:
714:
706:
702:
695:Oxford Times
694:
662:
635:
630:
619:
610:
601:
410:
383:
380:
376:
369:
362:
343:
325:as he had a
316:
300:
288:
285:
281:Lambeth Road
266:
252:
251:
245:
241:
220:
202:
193:
178:
148:
139:
129:
122:
115:
108:
96:
84:Please help
79:verification
76:
52:
45:
39:
38:Please help
35:
18:
1043:1976 deaths
1038:1888 births
843:VCH Explore
614:1901 census
605:1891 census
537:John Wesley
419:L. P. Jacks
1032:Categories
998:categories
769:: 155–168.
763:Oxoniensia
593:References
475:Boars Hill
409:The house
283:, London.
112:newspapers
41:improve it
1017:July 2024
960:The Times
925:The Times
891:The Times
856:The Times
636:The Times
350:Tottenham
331:Cambridge
297:Education
196:July 2024
142:July 2024
47:talk page
1005:help out
624:Free BMD
365:Shotover
277:West Ham
1003:Please
513:Burford
417:for Dr
246:(right)
126:scholar
572:(1962)
539:(1956)
487:(1938)
443:(1921)
426:Witney
346:Witney
313:Career
269:Madras
263:Family
257:Oxford
242:(left)
128:
121:
114:
107:
99:
759:(PDF)
389:Works
133:JSTOR
119:books
397:The
348:and
105:news
1007:by
767:LVI
413:on
88:by
1034::
765:.
761:.
742:^
670:^
643:^
367:.
50:.
1019:)
1015:(
1001:.
783:.
227:)
221:(
209:)
203:(
198:)
194:(
184:.
155:)
149:(
144:)
140:(
130:·
123:·
116:·
109:·
82:.
57:)
53:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
