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.
PRIVATE CHAPELS
CATHEDRALS  •  MONASTERY PARISH CHURCHES  •  PARISH CHURCHES  •  CEMETERY CHAPELS
CHAPELS CONNECTED WITH COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS  •  DUAL-PURPOSE CHAPEL/SCHOOL-ROOM BUILDINGS
PRIVATE CHAPELS  •  CONVENT CHAPELS
Of the private chapels designed by EW Pugin, those at Medmenham, Berks and Croston, Lancs served also the tenantry and the local Catholic community.
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Figs. 41a, b, c • Private Chapels: a) St Charles Borromeo, Medmenham, Berks (Courtesy, Northampton Diocesan Archives); b) Holy Cross, Croston, Lancs (Courtesy, 'Archiseek'); c) Euxton Hall Chapel, Euxton, Lancs. (Courtesy, Andrew Gray)
Two other chapels in this category are mortuary/chantry chapels, as in Figs. 42a and b.  Also belonging to this genre is a Votive Chapel in Northampton, Connecticut - one of EW Pugin's N. American projects of which no evidence of execution has yet been found.
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Figs. 42a, b • Mortuary/Chantry Chapels by EW Pugin: a) Mortuary Chapel at Ballymurn (to the LHS of the church) (Private Collection); b) de Trafford Chantry Chapel at All Saints, Barton-on-Irwell - the lower roofed, 3-bay structure in the centre. (Courtesy, 'Archiseek')
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Fig. 43 • A projected Votive Chapel, no evidence of the execution of which has yet been found (The Architect, 4 Apr, 1874)
REALISED DESIGNS
  • 1853-56(14 Nov): Medmenham, SL7 2EY, Nr. Marlow, Berks. - Chapel of St Charles Borromeo, on the Danesfield Estate of CR Scott-Murray, MP: completion of AWN Pugin's design; the chapel (which was connected to the house by a cloister, and served estate workers and others in the locality) was closed on 3rd Nov 1893, and demolished 1901. E. window (1862), altar & reredos are now in the church of the Sacred Heart, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, and other artefacts (such as brass/plate, vestments) are in St Peter's church, Marlow, Bucks. 
  • 1856(12 Jun)-58(15 Feb): Croston, PR26 9HB, Lancs. - Chapel of the Holy Cross, on the Croston Hall Estate of J Randolphus de Trafford: served as a Chapel of Ease to Ss Peter & Paul, Mawdesley for the first 26 years of its history, after which it fell into disuse; it was bequeathed to the Archdiocese of Liverpool by last squire, Capt Geoffrey Edmond de Trafford, MC (d. 1960), and re-opened in 1964. Carving by Lane & Lewis of Birmingham (who also built the chapel). E. window and metal-work by Hardman & Co, and encaustic tiles by Minton; additional stained glass by Hardman & Co installed 1860. Closed by the Archdiocese of Liverpool in 2007, and sold 2009 to Martin Ainscough of Croston Hall Ltd.
  • 1856-1857(24 Feb): Ince in Makerfield, Nr. Wigan, Greater Manchester - Chapel, on the Westwood House Estate of W Gerard Walmesley: stained glass and wrought-iron & brass screen, to the designs of JH Powell, by Hardman & Co. Dismantled in 1905, and rebuilt at Inglewood House, Kintbury, RG17 9SW, Berks; it was closed in 2007, and again dismantled (the fabric being presently stored), following dispersal of some internal fittings.
  • 1858(Nov)-59(Sept): Ballyhogue, Co. Wexford, Ireland - Chapel, on the Bellevue Estate of AJ Cliffe: the chapel survived the malicious destruction by fire in 1923 of Bellevue House, which was situated to the N. of the chapel, and connected to it by a first floor corridor that opened into a recessed private gallery in the N. wall of the nave. After intermittent use as a school (1928-52), it was re-dedicated (to St John the Baptist) in 1965, and is now a Chapel of Ease of the parish of Bree (with AWN Pugin's the Church of the Assumption, his first Irish church, 1837). AJ Cliffe (see Appendix IV) converted to Catholicism in 1856; in 1904 he married Lady Frances, widow of Sir John Talbot Power Bt, son of Sir James Power, Bt of Edermine House.
  • 1858-59: Edermine, Co. Wexford, Ireland - Chapel, on the Estate of Sir J Power, Bt: most likely a realisation of an earlier design (the windows, in particular) by AWN Pugin. The chapel is now in a rather poor condition, and is no longer used for worship. Power was MP for Wexford, 1865-68; his wife (Jane Anna Eliza Talbot, daughter of John Hyacinth Talbot) was a cousin of John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury. Power's half-sister,Annette, married GC Ashlin's uncle, Thomas Stephen Coppinger.
  • \1861: with GC Ashlin: Ballymurn, Co. Wexford, Ireland - Mortuary Chapel, on the Estate of the late J Meagher (Maher), MP: adjacent to the N. side of the 1832 parish church of the Assumption & St Malachy.
  • 1863(Nov): Barton-upon-Irwell, M41 7LG, Greater Manchester - de Trafford Chantry Chapel: chantry finished; built through the munificence of Sir Humphrey de Trafford, Bt, and is now joined to the church of All Saints, Barton-upon-Irwell. Metal-work by Hardman & Co. The external design of this 3-bay chantry is very similar to the Scholefield Chantry of two bays at St Edmund's College, Ware, completed the previous year.
  • 1866(15 Aug): Euxton, Chorley, PR7 6DY, Lancs. - Chapel, on the Euxton Hall Estate of Capt Wm Michael & Lady Emma Anderton: chapel opened. W. window by Hardman & Co. Chapel deconsecrated in 1986, and is now a domestic dwelling - see also Euxton.
  • 1867: Clehonger, Herefords. HR2 9SA - Chapel at Belmont House, for FR Wegg-Prosser MP, FRAS: part of other extensive work here by EW Pugin.

UNREALISED DESIGNS
  • 1863: Shepshed, Leics. - Chapel at Garendon Hall for Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps de Lisle: a large apsidal church, to the rear of the unrealised Great Hall.
  • 1873: Selby, N. Yorks. - Chapel at Carlton Towers for Henry Stapleton, 9th Lord Beaumont: part of a vast project.

COMMISSIONS/WORKS NOTIFIED IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL JOURNALS AND ELSEWHERE, WHICH WERE POSSIBLY ERRONEOUSLY ATTRIBUTED, NEVER EXECUTED, OR FOR WHICH NO EVIDENCE OF EXECUTION HAS YET BEEN FOUND
  • 1873: Ince in Makerfield, Nr. Wigan, Greater Manchester - Mortuary Chapel, on the Westwood House Estate of W Gerard Walmesley: whether this was intended as an extension of the already existing chapel there is unknown.
  • 1874: Northampton, USA - Votive Chapel, on the Estate of J Holland: on an island in the Connecticut River; the tower at the SW. angle has similarities with those at Bootle, St Alexander, and Tower Hill, English Martyrs. The chapel is part of a projected complex of buildings comprising also a gatehouse, a lodge, a mansion, and bridges to the mainland - see Northampton, USA; even the site has not yet been identified.