Chronological Gazetteer of the works of E.W. Pugin

By GJ Hyland – 11 March 2010          This article is undergoing continual refinement, and is updated periodically.
CHAPELS CONNECTED WITH COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS
CATHEDRALS  •  MONASTERY PARISH CHURCHES  •  PARISH CHURCHES  •  CEMETERY CHAPELS
CHAPELS CONNECTED WITH COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS  •  DUAL-PURPOSE CHAPEL/SCHOOL-ROOM BUILDINGS
PRIVATE CHAPELS  •  CONVENT CHAPELS
The most impressive college chapels designed by EW Pugin are those for St Aloysius' College, Co Durham and Ratcliffe College in Leicestershire.

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Figs. 39a, b, c • College chapels: a) St Aloysius, Co Durham (Courtesy, Ushaw College); b, c) The Immaculate Conception, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake (Courtesy, N Cave, IC).
REALISED DESIGNS
  • 1857-59: Durham, DH7 9RH, Co. Durham - St Aloysius' Chapel: part of St Aloysius' Schools, the Junior Seminary of Ushaw College to which it is attached by a cloister. The commission was won by EW Pugin in an invited competition with JA & CF Hansom. Chapel not completed until 1884; the tower now lacks the spire shown in Fig.39a.
  • 1865-68: Nr. Mayfield, E. Sussex - Holy Trinity Orphanage Chapel: built through the munificence of the Dowager Duchess of Leeds - see Mayfield, Holy Trinity Orphanage. The chapel (not completed until 1875) was dedicated to the Holy Trinity & St Francis Xavier. The realised design differs somewhat from that originally projected in that the nave and chancel are not distinguished externally, the bell-cote that was originally intended to mark the nave/chancel junction surmounting the W. gable instead. EW Pugin's High Altar & reredos were replaced by ones in Belgian oak in 1904. The chapel has now been converted into domestic accommodation.
  • 1866-67: Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, Leics. - Ratcliffe College Chapel, (IC, Rosminians): dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, and is an addition (planned in 1865) to pre-existing college buildings by AWN Pugin, dating from 1843 - see also Ratcliffe College. The design of the bell-cote has certain similarities with that of SS Henry and Elizabeth, Sheerness. The chapel was deconsecrated c.1962, and converted for use as a dormitory and teaching space.

UNREALISED DESIGNS
  • 1860s: with GC Ashlin: Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Chapel at St Patrick's College: chapel built (1875-80) to the design of JJ McCarthy, and completed after McCarthy's death by Wm Hague. Tower completed to McCarthy's original design in 1902 by TF McNamara.
  • 1864: Rome, Italy - Collegiate Church of St. Thomas at the English College: the existing church is by Count V Vespignani (C Richardson, True Principles, vol ii (ii), 20-23, 2001).