THE LIFE AND WORKS OF EDWARD WELBY PUGIN, ARCHITECT, 1834-75
GJ Hyland
The Pugin Society
ISBN: 978-1-5272-9156-0
243mm x 173mm, 294 pp.
RRP £35 (including packing & postage within UK); £45 elsewhere
GJ Hyland
The Pugin Society
ISBN: 978-1-5272-9156-0
243mm x 173mm, 294 pp.
RRP £35 (including packing & postage within UK); £45 elsewhere
Despite the growth in Pugin Studies during the past 40 years, no comprehensive catalogue of the architectural works of Edward Welby Pugin (AWN Pugin’s eldest son) has ever been published, an omission that this book - in the form of a Catalogue Raisonné - rectifies, in the hope that it will secure his reputation as one of the most eminent and prolific High Victorian Catholic architects of the English Gothic Revival.
This major study identifies 287 executed works, spread over six countries, whose EW Pugin provenance is established beyond doubt; he alone was responsible for the vast majority of this work, the remainder originating from a few architectural partnerships, the most productive being that with the Irishman GC Ashlin. The corpus of work is organised into 8 categories, each of which is prefaced by a generously illustrated critical analysis that highlights specific points of architectural interest and identifies stylistic interconnections within the wider EW Pugin canon; also included are details of 94 commissions that are known definitely never to have been realised. In addition, there are seven Appendices containing background information, including details of his various architectural partnerships and a useful summary of the totality of his realised buildings in the form of a gazetteer arranged by county, according to country.
The majority of the realised work is ecclesiastical or related, mainly, but not exclusively, for the Catholic Church, and comprises places of worship, convents & monasteries, presbyteries & houses for religious communities, colleges & schools (the majority of the latter being associated with parish churches designed by EW Pugin), institutional buildings (such as orphanages & almshouses), and many minor works, including designs for altars and funerary monuments. The secular work comprises both residential and commercial buildings, as well as additions to/remodelling of houses by other architects. To provide a socio-historical perspective to his work, the catalogue is preceded by an extended biographical sketch of EW Pugin, based on the fragmentary information available to date.
Detailed architectural information pertaining to each entry, together with supporting sources, can be downloaded free of charge HERE.
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The book is a companion to The Architectural Works of AWN Pugin, by the same author, published by Spire Books Ltd, Reading, in 2014.
This major study identifies 287 executed works, spread over six countries, whose EW Pugin provenance is established beyond doubt; he alone was responsible for the vast majority of this work, the remainder originating from a few architectural partnerships, the most productive being that with the Irishman GC Ashlin. The corpus of work is organised into 8 categories, each of which is prefaced by a generously illustrated critical analysis that highlights specific points of architectural interest and identifies stylistic interconnections within the wider EW Pugin canon; also included are details of 94 commissions that are known definitely never to have been realised. In addition, there are seven Appendices containing background information, including details of his various architectural partnerships and a useful summary of the totality of his realised buildings in the form of a gazetteer arranged by county, according to country.
The majority of the realised work is ecclesiastical or related, mainly, but not exclusively, for the Catholic Church, and comprises places of worship, convents & monasteries, presbyteries & houses for religious communities, colleges & schools (the majority of the latter being associated with parish churches designed by EW Pugin), institutional buildings (such as orphanages & almshouses), and many minor works, including designs for altars and funerary monuments. The secular work comprises both residential and commercial buildings, as well as additions to/remodelling of houses by other architects. To provide a socio-historical perspective to his work, the catalogue is preceded by an extended biographical sketch of EW Pugin, based on the fragmentary information available to date.
Detailed architectural information pertaining to each entry, together with supporting sources, can be downloaded free of charge HERE.
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The book is a companion to The Architectural Works of AWN Pugin, by the same author, published by Spire Books Ltd, Reading, in 2014.
