Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

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Gothic Revival architect architect designer theorist of architecture

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was a pioneering 19th-century English architect and designer who spearheaded the Gothic Revival movement and profoundly influenced Victorian architecture and design.

Aliases (2)

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Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gothic Revival architect → architect → designer → theorist of architecture →
advocated	moral and religious basis for architecture → revival of medieval Gothic architecture →
birthDate	1812-03-01 →
birthPlace	Bloomsbury → London →
burialPlace	St Augustine’s Church, Ramsgate →
child	Edward Welby Pugin → Peter Paul Pugin →
collaboratedWith	Charles Barry →
convertedTo	Roman Catholicism →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1852-09-14 →
designed	Big Ben clock tower interiors and details → Gothic Revival furniture → House of Commons interior (original Victorian scheme) → House of Lords interior → St Augustine’s Grange, Ramsgate → ecclesiastical metalwork → his own house, The Grange, Ramsgate → interiors of the Palace of Westminster → stained glass schemes →
era	Victorian era →
familyName	Pugin →
father	Augustus Charles Pugin →
givenName	Augustus →
hasHeritageDesignationOnWork	UNESCO World Heritage Site status for Palace of Westminster →
influenced	Arts and Crafts movement → George Gilbert Scott → John Ruskin → Victorian church architecture → William Butterfield → ecclesiastical design in Britain →
influencedBy	Roman Catholic liturgy → medieval Gothic architecture →
knownFor	Gothic Revival architecture → design work for the Palace of Westminster → theoretical writings on Gothic architecture →
languageOfWork	English →
movement	Gothic Revival → Victorian architecture →
name	Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin →
nationality	English →
notableWork	Palace of Westminster interiors → St Aidan’s Cathedral, Enniscorthy → St Augustine’s Church, Ramsgate → St Barnabas Cathedral, Nottingham → St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham → St George’s Cathedral, Southwark → St Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle → St John’s Cathedral, Salford (design influence) → St Mary’s Cathedral, Killarney → St Mary’s, Derby → St Wilfrid’s Church, Hulme →
occupation	architect → designer → interior designer → writer →
placeOfDeath	Kent → Ramsgate →
publicationDateOf	Contrasts, 1836 → The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture, 1841 →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Anne Garnet → Jane Knill → Louisa Burton →
style	pointed or Christian architecture →
subjectOf	studies in architectural history →
wrote	Contrasts → The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Central Lobby → Elizabeth Tower ("Augustus Pugin") → Palace of Westminster → Victoria Tower ("Augustus Pugin") →	architect
House of Commons chamber ("Augustus Pugin") → House of Lords chamber ("Augustus Pugin") → Royal Gallery →	designedBy
Charles Barry →	collaboratedWith
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ("Pugin") →	familyName
Victorian architecture →	hasNotableArchitect
Arts and Crafts movement ("Augustus Pugin") →	influencedBy
Queen’s Robing Room →	interiorDesigner
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin →	name