From 1822 Amon Wilds practiced independently from his father, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1830-1 under his own name. He lived in Brighton in a miniature pavilion he had built for himself at 9 Western Terrace, 1827-30, and playing an active part in the development of the town as a sea-side resort. He designed many stuccoed terraces and crescents in the manner of John Nash. By1830 he was laying out a 'new town' on the Milton Park estate near Gravesend, and he exhibited a 'general view' of this project at the Royal Academy. He was town commissioner for Brighton 1845-8, but did not figure prominently in local administration. One of his leisure activities was archery - he frequently won prizes. He probably lived with his father at 9 Richmond Terrace until the completion of 9 Western Terrace. After 1850 his name no longer occurs in any Brighton directory. His death was registered at Steyning, a village near Brighton, in September 1857.
From 1822 Amon Wilds practiced independently from his father, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1830-1 under his own name. He lived in Brighton in a miniature pavilion he had built for himself at 9 Western Terrace, 1827-30, and playing an active part in the development of the town as a sea-side resort. He designed many stuccoed terraces and crescents in the manner of John Nash. By1830 he was laying out a 'new town' on the Milton Park estate near Gravesend, and he exhibited a 'general view' of this project at the Royal Academy. He was town commissioner for Brighton 1845-8, but did not figure prominently in local administration. One of his leisure activities was archery - he frequently won prizes. He probably lived with his father at 9 Richmond Terrace until the completion of 9 Western Terrace. After 1850 his name no longer occurs in any Brighton directory. His death was registered at Steyning, a village near Brighton, in September 1857.
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