Awn Pugin Churches
St augustine s church or the shrine of st augustine of canterbury is a roman catholic church in ramsgate kent.
Awn pugin churches. Pugin and executed by his partner george ashlin for the augustinian fathers. Regarded as dublin s finest victorian church ss augustine and john john s lane church in the liberties area was designed by e w. Tower of st giles st. Aisle of the new church.
The church is an example of pugin s design ideas and forms a central part of pugin s collection of buildings in ramsgate. Died at ramsgate 14 september 1852. Hadfield 1812 1885 and charles hansom 1816 1888 had taken up his stance. He was the son of auguste pugin and the father of edward welby pugin and peter paul pugin who continued his architectural firm as pugin pugin.
Augustine ramsgate in 1845 at his own expense. After ew pugin s death in 1875 his younger brother cuthbert welby 1840 1928 and half brother edmund peter 1851 1904 invariably known as peter paul pp 9 oversaw the completion of churches that had already been begun namely english martyrs tower hill our lady workington st mary warrington and st anne rock ferry and later. Pugin designed many churches in england and some in ireland and australia. He also created alton castle in alton staffordshire.
Pugin had gifted the church in his own lifetime to the vicars apostolic of the london district hill 319. It has a spire height of 61m 200 ft and is by far the tallest building in the town. Architect and archeologist born in london 1 march 1812. Pugin began the roman catholic church of st.
Giles church is a roman catholic church in the town of cheadle staffordshire england. Bilton grange was a house to which awn pugin made large additions alterations 1844 51 an extensive rebuild of awn pugin s 1847 church the nave of which became the s. Augustine s church both at ramsgate kent. Despite his return to the parliament interior project under barry pugin s architectural commissions declined partially because other architects such as m.
The grade i listed gothic revival church was designed by augustus welby northmore pugin. It was the personal church of augustus pugin the renowned nineteenth century architect designer and reformer. Pugin s last major works are his own house the grange and st. Only child of augustus charles pugin originally de pugin a french protestant of good family who had fled from france and settled in london about 1798 and soon acquired distinction as a draughtsman in the office of john nash and as a teacher of architectural drawing.
It was finally consecrated in 1884 and grade 1 listed only in 1988 see church of st augustine of england. It was built between 1862 and 1895.