He was articled to his uncle, and initially employed by him, later setting up his own independent practice in Plymouth in 1891.

Sedding supported the Pinwill sisters to become important church woodcarvers in Devon and Cornwall.

[4] Edmund Harold Sedding died in London on 21 February 1921 and is buried in the graveyard of St Carantoc Church, Crantock, Cornwall.

[4][5] As the nephew and pupil of John Dando Sedding, Edmund undoubtedly benefited from the cachet of the Sedding name but went on to earn his place as a celebrated restorer of ancient churches in Devon and Cornwall.

The commissions he received for restoration work far outnumbered those for new ecclesiastical buildings.