1872 – House, Bexley, Kent
Perspective View With Plan published in The Building News, March 15th 1872. “The small half-timbered house,
Colonel Sir Robert William Edis was born at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire on 13 June 1839. He was educated at Aldenham School and articled to William Gilbee Habershon and Edward Habershon whereafter he became head assistant to Anthony Salvin. In 1859 he joined the Architectural Association (of which he was to become president 1865-67) and in 1880 the Artists’ Volunteer Rifle Club (of which he was to become Colonel 1883-1902). He was admitted ARIBA on 17 November 1862, his proposers being H B Garling, William Burges and John Pollard Seddon, and commenced practice in the following year. He was admitted FRIBA on 29 April 1867, his proposers being Edward William Godwin, James Fergusson and Frederick Pepys Cockerell.
In his RIBA obituary Edis is described as having spent much of his professional career in building and altering private houses in England and Scotland. His early work was Gothic but with Godwin he moved quickly into Queen Anne and the Aesthetic Movement, publishing ‘Decoration and Furniture of Town Houses’ (1881) and ‘Healthy Furniture and Decoration’ (1884). He was knighted for his military services in 1919 and died at The Old Hall, Great Ormsby, Norfolk on 13 June 1927. His wife had predeceased him but he was survived by his five daughters.
Perspective View With Plan published in The Building News, March 15th 1872. “The small half-timbered house,
From The Building News, October 17, 1873: “These offices, of which we published an illustration in our last week’s number,
Competative design published in The Building News, December 19th 1873.
Perspective view with plans published in The Building News, June 4th 1875.
Designed for for J.R. Corbett esq with North, South, West Elevations & Section including ground plans &
Elevation, Details & Sketch Perspective from The Building News, August 18th 1876.
Additions and alterations to a Hunting Lodge at Lubenham including Elevations, Sections & Details published in The Building News,
Perspective view published in The Building News, June 22nd 1877.
Perspective View as published in The Building News, January 26th 1877.