Eric Carwardine Francis (30 August 1887 – 26 January 1976)[1] was a British architect and painter who designed a number of notable buildings, particularly in Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset, in the early and mid-twentieth century, many in the Arts and Crafts style.
[a] He was articled in 1909 as an architect under Sir Guy Dawber, before becoming an assistant to another leading member of the profession, Detmar Blow.
[10] In 1921, Francis designed the "unusual, neo-Baroque"[11] War Memorial in Beaufort Square at Chepstow, unveiled in January 1922.
In the same year, he began work for another private client in the area, Charles Clay, of the family that owned the nearby Piercefield estate.
[14] In 1925, Francis designed and built his own house, East Cliff, situated above the River Wye at Tutshill near Chepstow.