Background
His father was a Primitive Methodist minister called Jonathan Scott.
His father was a Primitive Methodist minister called Jonathan Scott.
His work included both civic and ecclesiastical buildings, in addition to several large hotels and many private commissions. In 1877 following the arrival of the railway to the North town of Cromer. Scott operated a practice in Cromer to exploit the building boom on the North coast at that time.
He designed many of the now listed and important unlisted buildings in Cromer such as the Baptist and Methodist Chapels, the Cliftonville Hotel, Eversley Hotel, the churchyard wall and a number of shops and houses on Church Street and Cliff Avenue.
Works Ecclesiastical 1902 Scott Memorial chapel, Thorpe Road. The building has now been converted into suites of offices Cromer Ecclesiastical 1910 Methodist Church & Church Hall, West Street Private 1893 25 Cliff Avenue, Three storey villa.
1894 Cliftonville Hotel for William Churchyard of Westbourne House, West Street, Cromer 1895 30 Cliff Avenue, Three storey villa. 1896 Seafields, 14–16 Cliff Avenue, pair of semi-detached houses.
1897 Home Farm Lodge, Hall Road.
Built for the trustees of the late John Bond Cabbell of Cromer Hall. 1898 21 Mount street,Shop with accommodation above, designed for Mr Randell. When first built there was a large clock attached to the front.
1899 Marlborough House, 4 Cliff Avenue, a private dwelling now flats.
1900 Kingsmead, 11 Cliff Avenue. Private dwelling 1900 Ruth House, 23 Cliff Avenue.
1900 Tudor House, 6 Cliff Avenue. The Prince of Wales is believed to have stayed here during the early 20th century.
1901 Haverhill House, 13 Bond Street, designed as a shop and bakehouse.
1902 Woolwich House (formally Company-operative store),Prince of Wales Road Shop with accommodation above. 1903 Eversley Hotel, Prince of Wales Road.
Built for Misses Burton.
1903 Ashbourne House, Cabbell Road. A former Hotel owned by Alex Javis, who, at one time owned the Hotel de Paris.
1904–1905 Cliff Mansions, originally "West Lawn", later "Seafield", 24 Cliff Avenue. 1905 Beech House, 29 Church Street,designed as a Three storey house with shops in the ground floor 1905 Mutimer"s department store, now the Indoor market, Garden Saint Public 1890 Cromer Churchyard Boundary Wall.
Unknown date Wooden shelter and raised paths, West Promenade, by Melbourne toilets.
1912 Buntings Department Store, Street Stephens Street.