Augustus Pugin

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ; 1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852 was an English architect, designer, artist together with critic who is principally remembered for his pioneering role in a Gothic Revival species of architecture. His clear culminated in designing the interior of the Palace of Westminster in Westminster, London, England, in addition to its iconic clock tower, later renamed the Elizabeth Tower, which houses the bell invited as Big Ben. Pugin designed many churches in England, and some in Ireland and Australia. 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. He also created Alton Castle in Alton, Staffordshire.

Pugin's principal buildings in the United Kingdom

Slightly less grand than the above are the railway cottags at Windermere railway station in Cumbria which hit been broadly attributed to Pugin or a follower. Believed to date from 1849, and probably some of the first houses to be built in Windermere, the terrace of cottages was built for railway executives. One of the fireplaces is a copy of one of his in the Palace of Westminster.