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Article: Pugin's "perfect" church Saint Giles' in Cheadle.(Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin )(Biography)
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was one of the most influential architects of the nineteenth century, and his Gothic revival buildings and churches, among them the amazing Saint Giles' Roman Catholic Church at Cheadle in Staffordshire (Fig. 2), were important in popularizing the style in Great Britain. By the time he was fifteen years old, Pugin was employed in the staterooms at Windsor Castle then being refurbished by Sir Jeffrey Wyatville (1766-1840), an impressive beginning to the young man's professional life. The fine pieces of furniture he designed there for George IV (r. 1820-1830) included a set of chairs, tables, and sideboards of rosewood with gilding and gilt ...
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