E. W. Pugin Explained

Edward Welby Pugin
Birth Date:11 March 1834
Birth Place:England
Occupation:Architect
Employer:Pugin & Pugin
Known:Designer of Neo-Gothic architecture
Father:Augustus Pugin
Relatives:Augustus Charles Pugin (grandfather); Cuthbert Welby Pugin (brother), Peter Paul Pugin (half-brother)

Edward Welby Pugin (11 March 1834 – 5 June 1875) was an English architect, the eldest son of architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and Louisa Barton and part of the Pugin & Pugin family of church architects. His father was an architect and designer of Neo-Gothic architecture, and after his death in 1852 Edward took up his practice. At the time of his own early death in 1875, Pugin had designed and completed more than one hundred Catholic churches.

He was influenced by the neo-Gothic of Viollet-le-Duc, in which expansive spatial planning was combined with great detail. He designed churches and cathedrals primarily in the British Isles. However, commissions for his work were also received from countries throughout Western Europe, Scandinavia, and North America.

Works in Ireland

Works in England

Works in Scotland

Works in Wales

Works on the Isle of Man

Works in Belgium (province of West Flanders)

Works with James Murray (1856–c. 1859)

Rugby Town Hall and Markets

The old Town Hall stood on the High Street. It was built in 1857, with an extension in 1919. The upper floor became a cinema (Vint's Palace) around 1913. A fire destroyed most of the building in 1921 and it was rebuilt as Woolworths, which opened in 1923 and closed in 2009.[3]

Works in association with George Ashlin

Regarded as Dublin's finest Victorian church, SS Augustine and John (John's Lane Church) in the Liberties area was designed by E. W. Pugin and executed by his partner George Ashlin for the Augustinian Fathers. It was built between 1862 and 1895. It has the tallest spire in Dublin (231 ft), and occupies a prominent position on high ground overlooking the Liffey Valley. It has a striking polychromatic appearance, being built in granite with red sandstone dressings.

The eminent Gothic revivalist Ruskin is said to have praised it, describing it as a "poem in stone".

Statues of the apostles in the niches of the spire are by James Pearse, father of Padraig and Willie, who were executed after the 1916 Easter Rising.

There is stained glass from the Harry Clarke studios.

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References

  1. 'Hoxton – St Monica's Priory ' in Taking Stock: Catholic Churches of England and Wales, online resource, accessed 28 December 2016.
  2. Web site: About the Parish – Tower Hill Mission . 2024-04-28 . en-GB.
  3. Illustrated London News, 15 August 1857.

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