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

© GJ Hyland – October 2007

Editor's note: This Gazetteer will eventually contain illustrations. Comments and/or new attributions welcomed.
Gerard can be contacted at: hyland1@onetel.com

Appendix

One time Partners/Collaborators of EW Pugin

GC Ashlin: George Coppinger Ashlin (1837–1921)

Ashlin was born in Cork, and in 1860, after completion of his Articles with EW Pugin, replaced J Murray (see below) as EW Pugin's Partner. He was then dispatched to Dublin to open an Irish office, which operated under the name of Pugin & Ashlin. The partnership was formed following the receipt of two important Irish commissions, Ss Peter & Paul in Cork [A24], and the Augustinian church [A36] in Dublin. The partnership was dissolved in 1869, within 1 year of Ashlin's marriage to EW Pugin's youngest sister, Mary. They, nevertheless, maintained some kind of informal partnership until EW Pugin's death in 1875, in order to complete the Augustinian church in Dublin and Cobh Cathedral [A85]. In their 8 years of partnership, Ashlin and Pugin were involved in some 40 projects exclusively in Ireland, designing some 17 churches/ chapels, including the Country's arguably most spectacularly sited cathedral [A85] at Cobh (formerly Queenstown). In the late 1870s, after the death of EW Pugin, Ashlin went into partnership for a while with CW and PP Pugin as Pugin, Ashlin & Pugin. Ashlin trained Charles Purcell, 1874–1958 (see A23, A100), the last member of the firm Pugin & Pugin, whilst Ashlin's nephew (Stephen Ashlin) carried on his uncle's Practise in partnership with Thomas Coleman under the name Ashlin & Coleman – see [A85].

J-B Béthune: Jean-Baptiste Béthune (Baron) (1821–1894)

Béthune was architect, painter of religious subjects and murals, painter of glass, watercolourist, and draughtsman. Originally destined for a career in either politics or administration, he received his artistic training firstly at l'Academie de Coutrai in his home town, and then as pupil of Verhaegen and Génisson. Under Lauters, he distinguished himself as a draughtsman and watercolourist of landscapes. It was the sculptor Geerts who first introduced him to Mediaeval Art, and, after contact with AWN Pugin and others, Béthune went on to become the foremost exponent of Gothic Revival in Belgium. With the help of J Hardman, he established a stained glass workshop in Bruges in 1854, which moved to Ghent in 1858. His work includes the abbey of Maredsous, stained glass in numerous cathedrals and mosaics in Aix-la Chapelle.Béthune's neo-gothic was promoted as 'Christian Art' par excellence, and its principles were spread by the St Luke School of which he was a founder. Its principal merit was to develop, thanks to its broad antiquarian knowledge-base, a typically Belgian version of gothic revival architecture, thus opening the way to a revival of associated local artistic traditions. [G3] is the only known collaboration with EW Pugin, his involvement with [G4] being solely as executor of EW Pugin's design.

JA Hansom: Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803–1882)

The architect and inventor JA Hansom was born in York, and was first apprenticed there (and subsequently in Halifax) before setting up in partnership with Edward Welch in 1828. Hansom designed and built Birmingham Town Hall (in a Classical Roman style), and went on to lead a varied career, partnering a string of different architects (including EW Pugin, 1852–54, 1862–63), inventing the famous Hansom Cab, and founding the architectural magazine The Builder. Apart from the Birmingham Town Hall, Hansom was responsible for numerous churches, mainly Roman Catholic, including St Mary's (Servite) Priory (1874–75, 1879–80), Fulham Rd, London, Holy Name (1869–71), Manchester, St Philip Neri (1868–73), Arundel (now Arundel Cathedral), and St Aloysius (1875), Oxford (originally Jesuit; Oxford Oratory since 1990).There are 3 confirmed collaborations [A1, A37, G2] with EW Pugin, and 1 uncertain one [A72].

J Murray: James Murray (1831–1863)

Murray was born in Armagh, and began his architectural pupilage with W Scott of Liverpool in 1846. After completing his Articles, he was, for a time, in partnership in Liverpool with a Mr Barry, after which he set up his own practise in Coventry. This lasted until 1856 when he left to join EW Pugin in London as his partner. The partnership was short-lived, however, and he returned to Coventry in c.1859 to practise on his account. Sponsored by G Gilbert Scott and Philip Hardwick, Murray was subsequently elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. There are 6 confirmed collaborations [A15, A17, A19, A25, G2, H13] with EW Pugin, two uncorroborated ones [B(i), G(i)], and at least 3 unexecuted designs [K6, K7, K8]. It is possible that Murray's main contribution was in the role of draughtsman, producing many of the fine perspective drawings published during the partnership.