TRUE PRINCIPLES vol.1 no.4

1) Pugin and Morris

On May 22nd the Pugin Society enjoyed an interestingly illustrated lecture comparing these two giants given by John Purkis at Ramsgate Library. We include here some quotes, and comments on points made.

Michael Blaker

2) Masters of the Gothic Revival: The Pugins in Ireland

Pugin's great great granddaughter gives a lively description of a tour of Pugin sites in Ireland.

Led by Dr Roderick O'Donnell and Maggi Morris, April 1997

Sarah Houle

3) St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate

This pleasantly leisured piece follows on from the extract in our last issue, and is all part of the Catholic Fireside, a turn of the century publication.

Dudley Baxter

4) The Granville Hotel, Ramsgate

Nick Dermott, architect, conservation officer, and Chairman of the Pugin Society has written a short piece for True Principles about the present state of this remarkable building. In order to heighten the contrast between what is, and what has been, we have pleasure in reprinting as an addition to Nick's comments some extracts from the Granville Illustrated News, a grandiose publication indeed.

Nick Dermott

5) Pugin on the Internet (2)

Some most interesting statistics are emerging from Victoria and Mike Farrow's acclaimed Pugin web site — up to three hundred people a week are looking at this site (WWW. HUBCOM.COM/PUGIN), and these three hundred people are viewing ten pages of text or pictures each, approximately.

6) Random Reflections

Chapter 2 of Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust begins: 'Between the villages of Hetton and Compton Last lies the extensive park of Hetton Abbey. This, formerly one of the notable houses of the county, was entirely rebuilt in 1864 in the Gothic style and is now devoid of interest...'

A. Goth