Augustus Welby Pugin - Revision history

Designing Buildings at 09:48, 15 March 2022

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	The exhibition about Tolkien at the Bodleian in Oxford in 2018, ‘Tolkien: maker of middle earth’, revealed that as a boy Tolkien was a proficient drawer of architectural detailing. It is easy to imagine the young Tolkien being impressed by the gothic splendour of his school, and perhaps Pugin’s interiors encouraged him to think about medieval England, and to delve further back into history. It is possible that they even helped him to conjure up the places we read about in Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.		The exhibition about Tolkien at the Bodleian in Oxford in 2018, ‘Tolkien: maker of middle earth’, revealed that as a boy Tolkien was a proficient drawer of architectural detailing. It is easy to imagine the young Tolkien being impressed by the gothic splendour of his school, and perhaps Pugin’s interiors encouraged him to think about medieval England, and to delve further back into history. It is possible that they even helped him to conjure up the places we read about in Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

−	When Tolkien was married in St ~~Mary’s~~ Immaculate Church, Warwick, in 1916, he would surely have known that Pugin’s son, Edward, designed it, and he would have been conscious of the Christian symbolism of the gothic architecture, not least because Tolkien was brought up in the Catholic church after the death of his mother when he was 12. That church, and the other gothic buildings of Warwick, probably influenced Tolkien’s writing.	+	When Tolkien was married in St Mary Immaculate Church, Warwick, in 1916, he would surely have known that Pugin’s son, Edward, designed it, and he would have been conscious of the Christian symbolism of the gothic architecture, not least because Tolkien was brought up in the Catholic church after the death of his mother when he was 12. That church, and the other gothic buildings of Warwick, probably influenced Tolkien’s writing.

	Certainly, if you walk along the remaining section of medieval town wall abutting the garden of the Lord Leycester Hospital, it is easy to picture yourself in Middle Earth, probably in Minas Tirith.		Certainly, if you walk along the remaining section of medieval town wall abutting the garden of the Lord Leycester Hospital, it is easy to picture yourself in Middle Earth, probably in Minas Tirith.

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	* Wimpole Gothic Tower conservation.		* Wimpole Gothic Tower conservation.

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144.82.8.161 at 13:44, 14 November 2021

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Editor at 18:25, 7 July 2021

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	* Palace of Westminster.		* Palace of Westminster.
	* Restoring Clitheroe Pinnacle.		* Restoring Clitheroe Pinnacle.
		+	* Retable.
	* Wimpole Gothic Tower conservation.		* Wimpole Gothic Tower conservation.

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Designing Buildings at 07:55, 5 January 2021

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Designing Buildings at 08:28, 17 May 2020

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	* Gothic revival style.		* Gothic revival style.
	* Classical architecture.		* Classical architecture.
		+	* Making Dystopia.
	* Mr Barry's War.		* Mr Barry's War.
	* Oxford Movement.		* Oxford Movement.

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	* Palace of Westminster.		* Palace of Westminster.
	* Restoring Clitheroe Pinnacle.		* Restoring Clitheroe Pinnacle.

Designing Buildings at 09:04, 25 November 2019

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−	Literature and architecture, intertwined, are part of the gothic story. JRR Tolkien was a Brummy, a pupil of the old King Edward’s School, located on New Street, Birmingham. His school was a gothic masterpiece, and many people said it was Birmingham’s best building. Its architect was Charles Barry, but the interiors, and possibly some of the architecture, were by AWN Pugin. It was the first building project that Augustus Pugin and Charles Barry collaborated on. Charles Barry was very much the senior figure in the partnership. They would go on to build the Palace of Westminster together.	+	Literature and architecture, intertwined, are part of the gothic story. JRR Tolkien was a Brummy, a pupil of the old King Edward’s School, located on New Street, Birmingham. His school was a gothic masterpiece, and many people said it was Birmingham’s best building. Its architect was Charles Barry, but the interiors, and possibly some of the architecture, were by AWN Pugin (Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin). It was the first building project that Augustus Pugin and Charles Barry collaborated on. Charles Barry was very much the senior figure in the partnership. They would go on to build the Palace of Westminster together.

	The exhibition about Tolkien at the Bodleian in Oxford in 2018, ‘Tolkien: maker of middle earth’, revealed that as a boy Tolkien was a proficient drawer of architectural detailing. It is easy to imagine the young Tolkien being impressed by the gothic splendour of his school, and perhaps Pugin’s interiors encouraged him to think about medieval England, and to delve further back into history. It is possible that they even helped him to conjure up the places we read about in Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.		The exhibition about Tolkien at the Bodleian in Oxford in 2018, ‘Tolkien: maker of middle earth’, revealed that as a boy Tolkien was a proficient drawer of architectural detailing. It is easy to imagine the young Tolkien being impressed by the gothic splendour of his school, and perhaps Pugin’s interiors encouraged him to think about medieval England, and to delve further back into history. It is possible that they even helped him to conjure up the places we read about in Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
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	\| Oscott College, Staffordshire (Etching by W Radclyffe).		\| Oscott College, Staffordshire (Etching by W Radclyffe).

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	Thanks to Pugin’s work on the Palace of Westminster, gothic became Britain’s national style and it was exported around the world. He only lived to be 40, but he crammed in 100 years of work. He showed that industrial Britain could be about more than mass production: it could also be magnificent.		Thanks to Pugin’s work on the Palace of Westminster, gothic became Britain’s national style and it was exported around the world. He only lived to be 40, but he crammed in 100 years of work. He showed that industrial Britain could be about more than mass production: it could also be magnificent.

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	This article was originally published as ‘AWN Pugin: making Britain gothic’ in [https://ihbconline.co.uk/context/158/52/ IHBC's Context 158] (Page 50) in March 2019, and [https://ihbconline.co.uk/context/159/52/ Context 159] (Page 50) in May 2019. It was written by Nick Corbett, associate director (heritage) with WSP \| Indigo and the author of Palace of Pugin, published by Transforming Cities.		This article was originally published as ‘AWN Pugin: making Britain gothic’ in [https://ihbconline.co.uk/context/158/52/ IHBC's Context 158] (Page 50) in March 2019, and [https://ihbconline.co.uk/context/159/52/ Context 159] (Page 50) in May 2019. It was written by Nick Corbett, associate director (heritage) with WSP \| Indigo and the author of Palace of Pugin, published by Transforming Cities.

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	Literature and architecture, intertwined, are part of the gothic story. JRR Tolkien was a Brummy, a pupil of the old King Edward’s School, located on New Street, Birmingham. His school was a gothic masterpiece, and many people said it was Birmingham’s best building. Its architect was Charles Barry, but the interiors, and possibly some of the architecture, were by AWN Pugin. It was the first building project that Augustus Pugin and Charles Barry collaborated on. Charles Barry was very much the senior figure in the partnership. They would go on to build the Palace of Westminster together.		Literature and architecture, intertwined, are part of the gothic story. JRR Tolkien was a Brummy, a pupil of the old King Edward’s School, located on New Street, Birmingham. His school was a gothic masterpiece, and many people said it was Birmingham’s best building. Its architect was Charles Barry, but the interiors, and possibly some of the architecture, were by AWN Pugin. It was the first building project that Augustus Pugin and Charles Barry collaborated on. Charles Barry was very much the senior figure in the partnership. They would go on to build the Palace of Westminster together.