EW Pugin Gazetteer: G

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CHRONOLOGICAL GAZETTEER OF THE WORKS OF E.W. PUGIN – ARCHITECT
1834–1875

This article is undergoing continual refinement, and is updated periodically.
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G. Secular/Domestic Buildings

The most outstanding examples of EW Pugin's domestic architecture, often commissioned by members of the landed gentry, are afforded by Burton Manor, Stafford [G1] (which, as M Fisher has pointed out in the previous issue of TP, has many features in common with AWN Pugin's home (The Grange) in Ramsgate), Kasteel van Loppem, Nr. Bruges, Belgium [G4], Meanwood House, Leeds [G9], the Granville Hotel, Ramsgate [G11], and Harrington House, Royal Leamington Spa [G12]. Of the works identified below, almost half (7/16) have been demolished, whilst the external appearances of many of those that survive now differ to varying degrees from their original design, as is exemplified, for example, by G1, G9 and G11: for details of specific features, see notes in the Gazetteer entries below.

1	1854–5: Stafford, Staffs. – Burton Manor (for Francis Whitgreave): the elaborate wooden spirelet that originally surmounted the octagonal tower no longer exists – see M Fisher, TP, Vol. 3(4), pp. 16–24, 2007–8.
2	1857 (with J Murray): Albury, Surrey – Almshouses (including a chapel, committee room & accommodation for 12 people): for H Drummond at Albury Park – see
3	1857 (with J Murray)–63 (with JA Hansom): Nr. Chorley, Lancs. – Croston Hall (for J Randolphus de Trafford): demolished in 1964.
4	1858–62 (with J-B BÈthune): Nr. Bruges, Belgium – Kasteel van Loppem (for Count van Caloen): differs from the original (1856) design with J Murray [K6].
5	1861: Groenen Poort, Belgium – Chateau de St Michel (sea-side residence of the Bishop of Bruges): executed by Béthune; now demolished.
6	1861–2: Ramsgate, Kent – St Gregory's (for Alfred Luck): became the St Augustine's Abbey School after 1864; 3 storey extension to the rear in 1871 (see E32). Demolished 1973.
7	1861–62/74: Clapton, London – St Scholastica's Retreat: endowed by the estate of Robert & Scholastica Harrison. A range of almshouses incorporating 38 flats with warden accommodation; now demolished.
8	1865: Ramsgate, Kent – Isle of Thanet Steam Flour Mills: originally owned by Hudson, and until recently by Rank-Hovis; the present two top storeys are a later addition, and are not by EW Pugin. Recently sold, and a change of use involving alterations is pending, although the original EWP parts are protected.
9	1867: Leeds, W Yorks. – Meanwood House (for T Stewart Kennedy): now known as 'Meanwood Towers'. The wooden-framed, centrally heated extension (capable of holding 800 people) built in 1869 to house an organ is now demolished. The original tall ornamental chimney-stacks were much reduced in 1969 when they became unsafe. The property is now converted into flats – see TP, Vol. 1(7), 1998/9, and C Blaker, TP, Vol. 3(2), pp. 44–46.
10	1867: Ramsgate, Kent – A Classical (Italianated) block of houses (for HB Wilson, JP): in Victoria Terrace.
11	1869: Ramsgate, Kent – Granville Hotel: built originally as a terrace of large houses that were converted into a hotel c.1869. It is dominated by a tall Lombardic-style tower; the western end of the faÁade was destroyed by bombing in 1940, but has recently been partly rebuilt. This ambitious enterprise was largely responsible for EW Pugin's bankruptcy in 1872.
12	1869–72: Leamington Spa, Warks. – Harrington House (for Maj. T Molyneux-Seel): an eclectic, 'modern' Gothic villa, not known as 'Harrington House' until 1876; demolished in 1967 – see also A30, G14.
13	1869: Kilburn, London – The Chimes (for the painter JR Herbert, RA): in Quex Rd; now demolished.
14	1872: Liverpool, Merseyside – Seel's Building (for Maj. T Molyneux-Seel): see also A30, G12, and TP Vol. iii(i), pp.34–36.
15	1873: London – Grosvenor Turkish Baths: in Buckingham Palace Rd; now demolished.
16	1873–5: Selby, N. Yorks. – Carlton Towers (for Lord Beaumont): EW Pugin re-faced the existing, 18th century, house with cement to look like stone, and added turrets, gargoyles, battlements and innumerable coats of arms; interiors by JF Bentley.

Uncorroborated works

i	1858–60 (with J Murray): Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs. – Herbert Minton Building: Pevsner gives J Murray as the sole architect.
ii	1866: Ramsgate, Kent – Houses: in Artillery Rd.
iii	1869: Ramsgate, Kent – Houses: in Codrington Rd.
iv	1872: Ramsgate, Kent – A terrace of houses: in Albert Rd.
v	nd (with GC Ashlin): Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland – Munster-Leinster Bank Premises.
vi	nd: Waterford, Ireland – The Manor of St John (for the Wyse Family): maybe a continuation of AWN Pugin's work here.
vii	nd: Grafton (near Belmont), Herefords. – Farmhouse: possibly part of the Belmont estate of F Wegg-Prosser, MP (see also A2, H29).
viii	nd: Ramsgate, Kent – Observatory (for H Bicknell): in Grange Rd; now demolished.