Eric Arthur Roberts was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England on 8 August 1910. It is not known where he trained as an architect. He was awarded the RIBA Ashpital Prize in 1937 and was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1938. He subsequently practised as an architect in Maidenhead, Berkshire and later in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
His address was given as 6 Rutland Place, Maidenhead, Berkshire and King Street Chambers, Maidenhead, Berkshire in 1939; and Burysteed, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire in 1959. Roberts died in 1997. His death was registered in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
Repairs to St. Leodegarius church, Ashby St. Ledgers, Northamptonshire, (1959) with Paul James Henry Panter (1917-1985).