Amon Henry Wilds

Amon Henry Wilds was an English architect. He was part of a team of three architects and builders whoworking together or independently at different timeswere almost solely responsible for a surge in residential construction and development in early 19thcentury Brighton, which until then had been a small but increasingly fashionable seaside resort on the East Sussex coast. In the 1820s, when Wilds, his father Amon Wilds and Charles Busby were at their most active, nearly 4,000 new houses were built, along with many hotels, churches and venues for socialising most of these still survive, giving Brighton a distinctive Regencyera character, and many are listed buildings.

Amon Henry Wilds was born to Amon Wilds and Sarah Dunn, and was baptised at All Saints Church, Lewes onNovember 1790. Some sources give his birth year as 1784, but others consider 1790 more likely. At this time, Wilds seniors profession was listed as carpenter and builder. In around 1806, the father and son established an architectural and building partnership in Lewes, but in 1815 they moved to Brighton, which was experiencing rapid growth they carried out work in both places for the next five years until they moved permanently to Brighton in 1820. Their early work in the town, preceding their relocation, included Richmond Terrace and Waterloo Place. Wilds junior was chiefly responsible for these speculative developments.

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