[1] His work included both civic and ecclesiastical buildings, in addition to several large hotels and many private commissions.

[1] He disagreed with paying the part of his local government rates which funded Church of England schools and when bailiffs removed his paintings, he would buy them back again.

[1] As a Primitive Methodist he also became a local preacher and enthusiastic cyclist, he travelled thousands of miles by bicycle and even cycled to London for business on several occasions.

As a result of the dispute Scott and his family permanently severed relations with the church that was named after his father.

Scott operated a practice in Cromer to exploit the building boom on the North Norfolk coast at that time.