Harold Seymour Scott was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England on 5 October 1883. He was articled to Matthew J. Butcher in Birmingham, England from 1897 to 1901, and remained as his assistant from 1901 to 1903. He also attended Birmingham School of Art. In 1904 he was employed as architectural assistant to Handsworth Urban District Council, and by Cheltenham Municipal Authority in 1905.
He commenced independent practice in Birmingham in 1905 and was in partnership with Harry William Weedon (1888-1970) from 1911 as Harold S. Scott & Weedon.
Scott qualified as an architect in 1912 and the following year was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA).
His address was given as Deswood, The Leckey, Bromsgrove, Warwickshire in 1913; Kings Court, 115 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1913 and 1939; and 18, Iddesleigh House, Westminster, London in 1926. He died in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England on 25 December 1945
Swedish Gymnasium, Malvern; Church and Schools, Wyche, Malvern; large block of business premises, "Caxton House", Great Charles Street, Birmingham; Birchfield Picturedrome, Handsworth, Birmingham; numerous large residences in suburbs of Birmingham, and at Bath, Gloucester, and Malvern; vicarage at Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield: laying out and developing of estates at Handsworth Wood, Birmingham; Oak Cinema, Selly Oak, Birmingham, 1922; Empire Cinema, Kidderminster, 1922; branch bank, Erdington, Midland Bank, 1924; Ford Service Depot, Kingston-on-Thames, 1922; new market centre, Erdington, Birmingham, 1924; Amateur Gardeners' Club, Small Heath, Birmingham, 1924; and many detached residences round Birmingham and In London. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
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
Who's Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: Architectural Press, 1926