Amon Henry Wilds | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1784 or 1790 |
| Died | 13 July 1857 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Brighton Unitarian Church; Gothic House, Brighton; Park Crescent, Brighton; Park Crescent, Worthing; St Mary the Virgin Church, Brighton; Royal Albion Hotel; Western Pavilion; Wykeham Terrace (attr.) |
| Projects | Regency Square; Kemp Town; Brunswick estate; Montpelier Crescent; Anthaeum (destroyed) |
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Amon Henry Wilds (1784 or 1790 – 13 July 1857) was an English architect. He was part of a team of three architects and builders who—working together or independently at different times—were almost solely responsible for a surge in residential construction and development in early 19th-century Brighton, which until then had been a small but increasingly fashionable seaside resort on the East Sussex coast.[1] In the 1820s, when Wilds, his father Amon Wilds[note 1] and Charles Busby were at their most active, nearly 4,000 new houses were built,[2] along with many hotels, churches and venues for socialising; most of these still survive, giving Brighton a distinctive Regency-era character,[3] and many are listed buildings.
- ^ Musgrave 1981, pp. 176–177.
- ^ Musgrave 1981, p. 176.
- ^ Carder 1990, §4.
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