Peter Paul Pugin (1851 – March 1904) was an English

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. He was the son of

Augustus Pugin Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ( ; 1 March 181214 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and, ultimately, Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival st ...

by his third wife, Jane Knill, and the half-brother of architect and designer Edward Welby Pugin.

Life and career

Peter Paul Pugin was only a year old when his father died. He later began practice as the junior partner in

Pugin & Pugin Pugin & Pugin (fl. 1851– c. 1958) was a London-based family firm of church architects, founded in the Westminster office of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–1852). The firm was succeeded by his sons Cuthbert Welby Pugin (1840–1928) an ...

, the family architectural firm. The senior partner was his half-brother Edward Welby Pugin.
Pugin in 'The Dictionary of Scottish Architects When Edward Welby Pugin died suddenly on 5 June 1875 as a result of overwork and 'injudicious use of

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', the main responsibility for the practice passed to Peter Paul Pugin. Although Peter Paul's offices remained in

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and

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, his practice was largely Scottish, and he also maintained an office in

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. Whereas Peter Paul's earlier churches were strongly influenced by his father and brother, by the 1880s, he had developed a very recognisable curvilinear

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style, usually in red sandstone with elaborate altarpieces in coloured marbles. Apart from his own works, such as

St Mary's Church, Stirling St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Stirling, Scotland. It was built from 1904 to 1905 and designed by Peter Paul Pugin in the Gothic Revival style. It is located between Upper Bridge Street and Crofthead Road to the north of th ...

, Peter Paul Pugin completed several of the works of Edward Welby Pugin after the latter's death, in particular the church of Our Lady Star of the Sea in

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, Cumbria, Sacred Heart Church, Kilburn, London and

English Martyrs Church, Tower Hill English Martyrs Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Tower Hill, London. It was built from 1873 to 1876, by Pugin & Pugin according to designs by their deceased brother, E. W. Pugin. It is located on Prescot Street, close to the Royal Co ...

, London In 1886, Peter Paul Pugin married Agnes Bird, the third daughter of the Catholic builder John Bird of

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. They had five children, but none entered the practice. In 1889, Peter Paul Pugin was made a Knight of the

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, one of the Papal Orders of Chivalry.Pugin & Pugin architect, a biography
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in March 1904, the firm being continued by his nephew Sebastian Pugin Powell, born in 1886, the son of John Hardman Powell. Peter Paul Pugin was buried in

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References

External links

List of churches designed and built by E. W. Pugin and P. P. PuginPugin on the Dictionary of Scottish Architects website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pugin, Peter Paul 1851 births 1904 deaths 19th-century English architects English ecclesiastical architects Gothic Revival architects English Roman Catholics Peter Paul Knights of the Order of St. Sylvester Architects of Roman Catholic churches Architects from London