Somers Clarke

After completing his training with architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, Somers Clarke started his independent practice in the late 1860s, initially focusing on projects in Brighton and the surrounding areas. His early independent work focused on church design and restoration, heavily influenced by the Gothic Revival Style he learned from Sir George Gilbert Scott. His first major independent project was St. Martin's Church on Lewes Road in Brighton, built between 1874 and 1875 as a memorial to the Reverend H.M. Wagner. While the building featured a restrained brick exterior, Somers Clarke spent the next three decades designing its elaborate interior fittings, including the ornate font canopy. == Donations of his work ==

In his will he left the British Museum's Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities some of his maps, books, and pamphlets. The Egyptian department of the British Museum were also gifted some of his work regarding the churches of Egypt in the form of drawings, papers, and maps. The Egyptian Exploration Fund were also gifted some his articles about Coptic lamps and clothing. He received small collections of broken pottery from the excavations of the Fostat area in Egypt and then sent them to South Kensington, UK, and other rural museums. Today, many of his architecture drawings of some of his projects can be found at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK. ==Works, books and writings==