Arthur Richard Gradwell

• Birth date          July-August 1852
• Baptism            7 September 1852 at Ormskirk
• Marriage           20 September 1877 to Mary Ann Sefton at St Peter’s Church Salesbury, Lancashire
• Death date       26 August 1907 at Cheadle

Arthur Richard Gradwell, the son of Richard Gradwell, bank manager and his wife, Elizabeth Ellen Gradwell was born at Ormskirk in 1852.  Nothing is yet known of his education or early career. About 1885 he entered into partnership with James Herbert Stones under style of Stones and Gradwell, in Blackburn, this partnership being dissolved on 3 July 1899.  A G Gradwell carried out few architectural commissions after the end of the partnership. Rather, he became an estate agent and “auctioneer of real estate.”

On 20 September 1877 he married Mary Ann Sefton at St Peter’s Church Salesbury. They had two sons, Arthur Rowland and Herbert, both of whom became architects.

Address
1885-1899    Stones and Gradwell, 10 Richmond Terrace, Blackburn
1900-1906    A R Gradwell, architect, estate agent, auctioneer of real estate, 29 Victoria Street, Blackburn

Residence
1881    St James Road Blackburn
1891    Adelaide Terrace, Blackburn
1907    76 Preston New Road, Blackburn (probate)