Edmund Harold Sedding

Edmund Harold Sedding (1863 – 21 February 1921), often referred to as E. H. Sedding, was an English architect who practised in Devon and Cornwall.

Sedding's design and Pinwill sisters' work in the chancel of the Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow

Edmund Harold Sedding
Sedding, three Pinwill sisters and workers with Reredos of Chilthorne Domer church, Somerset. [1]
Born1863
Pimlico
Died21 February 1921
London
Burial placeCrantock Cornwall
OccupationArchitect

Life

Sedding was born in 1863 in Pimlico,[2][3] London, the son of Edmund Sedding and the nephew of J. D. Sedding. He was articled to his uncle, and initially employed by him, later setting up his own independent practice in Plymouth in 1891. His awards included the RA medal in 1884, the RIBA medal the following year, the RA Travelling Fellowship in 1886, and the Pugin medal in 1887. His published work includes Norman architecture in Cornwall (1909).

Sedding supported the Pinwill sisters to become important church woodcarvers in Devon and Cornwall. He came to know them during the restoration of the church of St Peter and St Paul in Ermington in Devon, where they carved the pulpit. He later commissioned the three sisters Mary, Ethel and Violet for a range of work in the two counties and through these commissions creating his designs they established a good reputation and were employed by other church architects as well.[4]

Edmund Harold Sedding died in London on 21 February 1921 and is buried in the graveyard of St Carantoc Church, Crantock, Cornwall.[4][5]

Work

As the nephew and pupil of John Dando Sedding, Edmund undoubtedly benefited from the cachet of the Sedding name but went on to earn his place as a celebrated restorer of ancient churches in Devon and Cornwall. The commissions he received for restoration work far outnumbered those for new ecclesiastical buildings. The dozen or so buildings he designed consisted of a few churches, several chapels, a couple of church schools and the odd rectory and vicarage, together with the extraordinary commission for Dunedin Cathedral in New Zealand. The two Devon churches designed by Sedding are within a few miles of each other at Shaldon and Newton Abbot.[6]

Bibliography
  • Norman Architecture In Cornwall – A Handbook To Old Cornish Ecclesiastical Architecture (1909)

References
  1. Wilson, Helen M. (2021). The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters. Plymouth, Devon, Great Britain. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-5272-8264-3. OCLC 1247845175.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  3. 1891 England Census
  4. "The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters – From 'Lady Woodcarvers' to Professionals". Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. Brodie, Antonia (2001), Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: L–Z, British Architectural Library, London: Royal Institute of British Architects, p. 574, ISBN 9780826455147, retrieved 15 October 2011
  6. Wilson, Helen (2016). "The Architect Edmund H. Sedding and his Devon Churches". Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 148: 255–292.
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