Augustus Pugin
English architect and designer (1812-1852) · United Kingdom · Architects · Died at 40
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Something wrong?Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style of architecture.
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The Grange, Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent, England, designed by Pugin as his family home
St Chad's Cathedral in Birmingham, England
The northeast chapel of St Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England, designed by Pugin
"Contrasted Residences for the Poor" from Pugin's Contrasts
Detail of east window of Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge, made by John Hardman & Co. to a design by Pugin (1848-1850)
Tiles designed by Pugin (c.1845-51)
The tomb of Augustus Pugin in St Augustine's Church, RamsgateFamily
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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style of architecture. Among his best-known work is the interior and clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Pugin designed many churches in England, and some in Ireland and Australia. He was the son of Auguste Pugin, and the father of Edward Welby Pugin, Cuthbert Welby Pugin, and Peter Paul Pugin, who continued his architectural and interior design firm as Pugin & Pugin.
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