Edmund Auguste Fermaud was born in Southwark, London, England in 1876. He attended Westminster Technical Institute and School of Art from 1892 to 1898, during which time he was articled to Richard Dickinson from 1894 to 1897.
Fermaud commenced independent practice as an architect in 1904 and in 1905-06 worked as an assistant to Durward Brown (c1860-?) in London. From 1906 onwards he resumed independent practice. Towards the end of his career he was in partnership with Laurence Hayward Auguste Fermaud (?-1991) as Petch & Fermaud. The partnership was dissolved in 1964, however, the business continued to be run for some years after that by Laurence Hayward Auguste Fermaud.
He was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1911 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1921. He died in Finchley, London on 13 June 1968.
Additions to Chepwell Hall College, Oxford, 1911; and Bedgebury Park, Kent Public Library. Dolgelley, 1910; printing works, Vauxhall Bridge Road, 1907; factory premises, Camden Town, 1914; houses and flats, Woolwich, 1914; shop premises in Oxford Street, Strand; Brighton, Manchester, and Wolverhampton; houses at Yeovil, and Redbourn (Herts). In conjunction with present partner, William Petch: — St. Anne's Club, Tottenham ; additions to Sandecotes School, Parkstone, 1923; and alterations to business premises, 170, Victoria Street, Westminster.
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001