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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore (1812–52). English architect and polemicist, the son of A. C. Pugin, he was one of the key personalities of the Gothic Revival. After his conversion to Roman Catholicism in c.1835 he became a leading figure in Ecclesiology.In 1836 he published Contrasts; or,... Read more
Derby (England) Derby (England)
Derby , city (1991 pop. 218,026) and district, county seat of Derbyshire, central England, on the Derwent River. Manufactures include automobiles and airplane engines, pottery (see Derby ware ), synthetic textiles, beer, machinery, and chemicals. The city is also an important rail center. Derby was... Read more
Augustus Charles Pugin Augustus Charles Pugin
Augustus Charles Pugin , 1762-1832, English writer on medieval architecture, b. France. His writings and drawings furnished a mass of working material for the architects of the Gothic revival . Among them is Specimens of Gothic Architecture (2 vol., 1821-23). In some of his publications he was... Read more
Maynooth Maynooth
Maynooth , town (1991 pop. 6,027), Co. Kildare, E Republic of Ireland. It is the seat of St. Patrick's College (1795), the principal institution in Ireland for training Roman Catholic clergy, now a constituent college of the National Univ. of Ireland. Some of the buildings were designed by A. W. ... Read more
Northampton Northampton
Northampton city (1991 pop. 154,172) and district, Northamptonshire, central England, on the Nene River. The city of Northampton is the county seat. Shoemaking has long been the chief industry; engineering is second (roller bearings, earth-moving equipment, and motor vehicle components). The city... Read more
Sir Charles Barry Sir Charles Barry
Sir Charles Barry 1795-1860, English architect. A leader in the revival of the Renaissance style of architecture in England (also called Anglo-Italian), he designed the Travellers Club and the Reform Club in London. He planned one of the most important works of the period, the Houses of Parliament... Read more
John Loughborough Pearson John Loughborough Pearson
Pearson, John Loughborough (1817–97). One of the most distinguished English Gothic Revival architects. He trained with Ignatius Bonomi and worked with Salvin and P. C. Hardwick before establishing his own practice (1843). At first influenced by A. W. N. Pugin, by the 1850s he began to... Read more
Gothic revival Gothic revival
Gothic revival term designating a return to the building styles of the Middle Ages. Although the Gothic revival was practiced throughout Europe, it attained its greatest importance in the United States and England. The early works were designed in a fanciful late rococo manner, exemplified by... Read more
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