Edward Welby Pugin

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Edward Welby Pugin was a British architect and designer of the mid-nineteenth century, son of the influential Gothic Revival theorist Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. He continued his father's practice in ecclesiastical and domestic architecture, working primarily in the Gothic Revival idiom with attention to ornamental detail and material authenticity. Pugin's designs encompassed churches, convents, and residential commissions across Britain and Ireland, often incorporating decorative metalwork and tile design. He maintained his father's commitment to the integration of architecture with craft traditions.

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