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.

APPENDIX VIII: BELL-COTE DESIGNS BY EW PUGIN, AND BY PUGIN & ASHLIN

Bell-cotes were projected for 39 realised churches/chapels, 35 of which were built as originally designed, two (at St Begh (Bee), Whitehaven and St Francis, Gorton) were built to modified designs, and two (at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Harwich and Stanbrook Abbey) were never built. The bell-cote designs fall into the following four categories, the entries in which are in chronological order.

Bell-cotes of planar (rectangular) cross-section

Fig. 82 • St Joseph, Birkdale

Fig. 83 • St Paul, Dover

Fig. 84 • Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Cleator Moor

Ss Peter & Paul, Clehonger  •  Shrewsbury cathedral  •  St Mary's Abbey, Oulton  •  Holy Cross, Croston Estate  •  Ballyhogue chapel  •  Our Lady of Reparation, Croydon  •  St Richard, Skelmersdale  •  Ss Mary & Hubert, Dunsop Bridge  •  St Marie, Widnes (the bell-cote presently here is not by EW Pugin)  •  St Patrick, Peel, IOM  •  St Monica, Hoxton  •  St Gregory, Stratford-upon-Avon  •  St Joseph, Birkdale  •  Holy Trinity Orphanage chapel, Mayfield  •  St Paul, Dover  •  Nativity of the BVM, Ballyhooley  •  convent chapel, St Leonards-on-Sea  •  St Joseph, Glenealy, Co. Wicklow  •  Hampton convent chapel, Drumcondra  •  Stanbrook Abbey church  •  Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Cleator Moor  •  St Joseph, Nechells, Birmingham  •  Our Lady Star of the Sea & St Michael, Workington.

Bell-cotes of essentially square/octagonal tapering cross-section

Fig. 85 • St Vincent de Paul, Liverpool

Fig. 86 • Holy Cross, Liverpool

Fig. 87 • St Begh (Bee), Whitehaven

St Vincent de Paul, Liverpool  •  Holy Cross, Liverpool  •  St Begh (Bee), Whitehaven  •  All Saints, Barton-upon-Irwell (almost identical to Whitehaven)  •  St Francis, Gorton

Bell-cotes of square cross-section, the base of which straddle the ridge of the nave roof somewhat east of the W. gable

St Anne, Westby  •  St Mary Immaculate, Warwick  •  Our Lady & St Joseph, Hanwell  •  St Teresa of Avila, Ashford  •  St Mary & St Ethelburga, Barking  •  Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Harwich

Bell-cotes of hybrid design

Our Lady of Reconciliation, Liverpool  •  Ss Henry & Elizabeth, Sheerness  •  Immaculate Conception, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake  •  St Helen's cemetery chapel  •  Rotherwas chapel

Fig. 88 • St Mary Immaculate, Warwick

Fig. 89 • Our Lady of Reconciliation de la Salette, Liverpool

Fig. 90 • Ss Henry & Elizabeth, Sheerness

Fig. 91 • Immaculate Conception, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake