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onewi thhisbabydaughter,Ann e.

7
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10
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12
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14
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cktoLo ndon.Th e
yt ookah ouseinCh else
abytherive
r.Familylifewa sver
y
i
mp or
tantforPu gi
n,a nda l
thoughh ewo rkedatafuri
ouss pee
da ndt rave
ll
ed
c
onsta
ntlyhelov e
dtoc omeh omet oh i
sli
velyfa
milyandhousefulloffr
iends.
Toh i
sg re
atjoyLo ui
sad e
c i
dedtob ecomeaCa t
holi
ctoo.Ther
ewa sawo nde
rful
c
eremonyint hechapelatAltonTo werswhichwasdecor
atedwithg a
rlandsanda
c
rowno ffl
owe rshungabov eLouisa’
sh ea
d.

15
P ug i
n’scar
eerwa smo vi
ngv er
yf a
st.Hewa sstillinhi
stwe nt
ie
swh e
n
hewa saske
dt obuil
dac athe
dralinBirmingham.I twa st
hefirs
tCathol
ic
cat
hedralinEn gl
ands inceTu dorti
me s.Otherc a t
hedr
alsfoll
owedin
Southwark,No t
tingham a nd Newc ast
le.Th er
e we rec hur
chesand
cat
hedral
sinIrel
anda ndAu s
tra
lia
. Heb ui
ltMo untSt.Bernar
dmo nas
ter
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endAmb ro
sePh il
li
ppsa ndthef ir
stCi st
erci
anmo nkscame
backtoEn gl
ands i
nceHe nryVI I
Id es
troyedthemo nast
eri
es.Pugi
nand
hi
sfriendsf
elttha
tEn gla
ndmi ghtsoonb e
c o
meCa tholi
cagain.

16
P ugi
nwo rke
ds ohardtha
theb e
gantob eill
.Heh adter
ri
bletr
oubl
ewithhi
seye
s
a
ndah ighfever
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nme di
cinecon t
aini
ngp oi
sonousmer
curywhi
chmade
h
imwo rse.Hisi
llne
sscamea ndwentf
o rtheres
to fhi
slif
e.

I
nAu gust1844Lo ui
sasuddenlydie
da ndPugi
nwa ssunkingriefaga
in.
Heh a
db eenbuil
dinganewh o meforhi
sfamilyi
nRa msgateanditwasn e
arl
y
f
ini
shed,soheleftLondonwithhissixchi
ldr
enandmo vedintothenewh ous
eonthe
cl
if
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ngo uttos
ea. Thi
swa sneart
heplac
ewh er
eSt .Aug u
sti
ne,hi
spatr
on
s
ainthadlandedl
o ngago,bri
ngingtheChri
st
ianfa
itht
ot heAn gl
o-Saxo
ns,andthe
ne
wh ousewa sname da
fterhim.

St
.Au gus
ti
ne’sGrangewasamu c
hbolder
,si
mplershapetha
nt hehous
eh ehadbui
lt
ne
arSali
sbury.The
rewa snodr
awbri
dgeormo a
t,butt
herewa satowerlooki
ngout
ove
rthesea.Thedesi
gnwa sve
rymodernandma n
yo fhisi
deasa r
eusedinour
hous
estoday
.

17
T
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ai
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Leadingoffthehallwa sPugin’
sb ook-
li
neds t
udywh er
eh ehadhiswo r
na nd
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nk-st
aineddrawingb oard.
Hes tooduptowo r
ka ndd r
ewa st
onis
hinglyfast
,
worki
ngh iswaythrou ghtheli
stoftas
ksh ewroteo uteac
hmo rning.Hes a
ng
sna
tchesofp l
ai
nchan tandoperainhisloudvoiceash ewo r
ked.

Ther
ewa sas i
tt
ingroomandad i
n i
ngroom,butman yofthesimpleme alswer
e
ea
teninthekitc
hen,aspeopledot o
day,wit
hPug i
nrea di
nga l
oudfromth e
newspa
pera ndtal
kingaboutth
en ews.Ther
ewa salsoac ha
p e
lforfamilypra
yers
morni
nga ndevening.Hethoughtpraye
rsneede
dtob es hor
tfort
h echil
dren,
‘
other
wisetheywi l
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rtpull
ingeachothe
r’shai
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tai
rsthebedr
o omswe r
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al
ldif
fer
entco l
ours
,decor
atedwi t
hh i
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paperd ot
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rdcall
edama r
tl
et,f
romh iscoatofar
ms.Lit
tlebl
a ckma r
tle
tspopu pallove
r
t
hehouse.

18
P uginlovede ve
rythingtod owithb oat
sands ai
ling.
Hed res
sedi nrat
heru nusual
sai
li
ngc l
othesmo stofthetime,withas hor
tjacket
,andt r
o use
rsturnedups howi ng
roug
hg reysocks.Hea lsolikedtoh aveeveryt
hing‘shipshape’ands ea
ma n-l
ikei n
hi
sd ai
lyli
fe.Ev e
ry t
hingwa skeptv er
yo rde
rlyandtidieda wayev er
ye vening.He
enj
oyedk eepingac onsta
n t‘l
ookou t
’attheshippinga ndthec hangi
ngwe at
he rin
t
heCh annelands ome t
ime susedtop l
ay‘ s
torms’withth echil
dren.Hee ventua l
ly
boughtanotherboat,theCa rol
ine,wh i
chh edecorate
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iful
lyinsidewithh is
ownf abr
ics.Hewe ntb acka ndfo r
tha cr
osstheCh annel,some t
imesd oingh is
dra
wingso nb oard.Heo fte
nwe n touttor escuedistr
esseds hi
p scaughto nt he
GoodwinSa nds.Hi sgenerosi
tyan dch a
rit
ywe refamo us,andh e‘ ga
vewi thb oth
hands
’toa nyoneinn ee
d ,butespecia
ll
yt oshipwreckedsa i
lor
s.Hef edan dhou sed
t
hema ndp aidford oc
tors.Hea l
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lecte
da nds e
nta l
lh ecouldtoI r
elandint he
Pota
toFami ne.Twiceh ecameh omewi t
houtanyb ootsbecauseh ehadg i
v e
nth em
away.

19
I
agai
n
nth
,ay
es
o
u
u
mme
nglad
ro
yc
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e
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ury
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oveo feveryt
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ll
edh era‘fi
rstrat
eGo t
h i
cwo man ’
.He
desi
gnedtheb e
autif
uldressanddazzl
ingjewel
ler
ywh ichshewo reforthe
ir
weddingwh i
chwa sinhisownSo ut
hwarkCa t
hedral
.JaneandPuginhadtwo
morech i
ldr
en,Ma rgar
etandEd mundPe t
er.Shebroughtamo t
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St.
Au gust
ine’
sGr angewhe r
esheandPu gi
nwo vetoget
herpraye
r,worka nd
fa
milylif
e.

20
A
c
a r
ri
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ug
do
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tu
th
sPu
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nh
ign
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ourg
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d
swh
chi
te
c
o
tshe
di
da l
lhi
sownd ra
wings;thousa
ndsandthous
ands
oft
hem.

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ose
stfr
iend.Hema de
metal
workforPugininhisf
athe
r’sfac
tory
.Late
r,
enc
o u
rage
dan dinspi
redbyPugin,hele
arnthow
t
oma kest
ainedglas
si nt
hejewel
-li
kecolour
sof
t
heMi ddl
eAg es
.

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geMy erswasthebui
lderwhoma demostof
Pugi
n’sbui
ldi
ngs.Hetr
aine
dwo oda
nds t
one
ca
rver
stowo rki
nthegothi
cs t
yle
.

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rtMint
onwo rke
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ords
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te
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ter
ned
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esinthemedi
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tentoPugi
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de
signs
.

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opinLo ndon.Heproduce
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t
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ics,
wa ll
paper,c
arpet
sandfurni
tur
ethat
Pugindesigne
d .Pugi
no nl
yeverhadonep upi
l,
JohnHa r
dma nPo well
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amep ar
tofthe
fa
mi l
ya ndma rr
iedPugin’
seldes
tdaught
erAn ne
.

21
C
a
n
h
da
ri
s
l
t
ma
lt
h
swa
ei
sa
rc
hi
l
l
d
wa
re
ysah
nwe
u
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g
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ec
nv
e
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rat
i
.Th
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tt
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eGr
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c
hap e
lfol
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dbyg r
e a
tfeas
ti
ngan dr
evelr
y,game
s,dres
singupanda
h
u geChri
st
mastr
ee.

22
P u gi
n'sideawa stob u i
ldo nthewe stcli
ffatRa ms ga
teac l
usterofCh ri
sti
an
buil
dings,ah ouse,ac hurch,as c
h ool,ap ri
est'
sh ouseandl at
eramo nastery.As
s
o onasSt .August
ine'sGr angewa sfinis
h e
dh eb e
g anonh ischurch.Hewa sgo i
ng
t
op ayfori tal
lhims e
lfs othatno-onec ouldinter
fere."Wa tc
ht hechu r
ch"h es a
id
t
oh isson,"notatrueprincipl
ewi l
l beb r
oken."Hisid e
asne verst
op peddeve l
op i
ng
a
n dn owh ewa nt
edtob uildinamo der
nb utve r
yEn glis
hwa y
, notcopyingthep as
t
butb ei
ngi nfl
uencedb yit.Th eo uts
ideo ft hech ur
chi sma deo ff l
intsi nthe
t
raditi
onal,loc
al,Ke nt
ishwa y,buthisf l
int
sa recutsothattheys par
klelikethes ea
.
Insidethec hurchisn otp ai
ntedlikeStGi l
e s
,bu tri
chlyd ecorat
edwi ths ta
ined
gla
ss,colouredti
lesan dbeautif
ulc a
rving .
Hi sfourfri
endsa l
lma ded i
ffere
n tpart
s
ofthechurch.Puginbe gantoexperime ntwithspace,andwh e
reveryous t
a n
di nthe
c
h urchyouc anlookth r
ou ghana r
cha ndc at
chag limp s
eo fanotherpart.I
tfe e
lsas
i
fthei ns
ideisb i
ggerth a
nt heoutside.
23
T
eve
ry
h
o
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ne
u
.Pu
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gi
fLo
nh a
r
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dwo
swa
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d
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il
esdownt otheumbrel
lastandsandinkwel
ls.Hewa sexha
uste
d ,b
u thi
sname
wasnoteve
nme nti
onedinthespeeches
.

24
F
agre
o
a
ury
tbu
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sl
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,
wh
hwa
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sp
hwa
utu
s
p
spe
ciall
yinHy dePa r
ki nLo n don.
Pu gi
na ndh i
sfo urfrie
n dswe reresponsi
bleforthe'Me die
valCo urt'
.Th e
ywe r
e
abl
etoe xhi
b i
ttheb eaut
ifulth i
ng stheyma dei
nt heme di
evalstyleandshowt hati
t
wasno tjus
tforc hurches.Al lkind sofdecora
tiveo bj
ect
s,thatan yonecouldhave
i
nh i
sh ouse,coul
da lsob ema deint heGothi
cstyle;chi
na,jewe l
ler
y,light
-f
itt
ings,
f
urnit
u r
ea ndwa l
lp a
pe r
.Th eirp artintheGreatExh i
bit
ionwa sag reatsucces
s.At
l
astPug i
n'
sg eni
uswa srecog niseda ndpra
ised.Hewa sbotha ma ze
da nddelight
ed
whenh ewa sinvi
tedtob eo neo fthefourj
ud geswh ochosewh ichit
emss houldbe
boughtfromtheEx hi
b i
ti
o nfo rthen ati
on.

25
B
a
tt
ack
yn
so
owAu
fbl
ind
g
n
u
e
s
s
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sPu
ndte
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yi
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l
.Heh
s.So
a
me
df
ti
e
me
ve
r
sh
s
e
,

bl
acke
doutwhi
lehewa sworki
ng,buts
til
lhewo ul
dn ot
rest
a
ndd r
ovehi
mselfontoworkashardashec ou
ld.

SirCh ar
lesBa r
rywa sconst
antl
ydema ndi
ngmo redr
awings
fo
rt herestoftheHo use
so fParl
ia
me ntanditwaswh i
lehe
wa ssoillthathed r
ewt hewo nder
fuldesi
gnsforhismost
fa
mo uswo r
ko fall
;thetower,wit
hitscl
ockk nownas‘Big
Ben ’
.Ass oonash ehandedov e
rthedra
wingstoSirCharl
es
Barry,Pugincolla
p s
ed.

Heb ecamec onf

usedands tar
tedtoimag in
et hi
ngs.He
t
houghtt
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eatmanysh i
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lCh ri
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maginar
yc heque
stogivetothepoor.
Th edo c
torss
enthim
t
otheBethle
hemHo s
pit
al,buthegotnob e
tter
.

26
P oorJanePuginwa sverydist
ressed.Shet ookAu gust
ushomet oRa msg a
tewhere
heseemedbett
er,buttheveryn e
x tnighthed i
ed .Hewa sju
stfor
tyy e
a r
so l
d.Hewa s
bur
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ryc hapelofhisownc hurc
hSt Au gust
ine'
sandh i
sso ndesi
gneda
beau
tif
ulmo numentforhim, wit
hc a r
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smu ch-
love
df amil
y. Augus
tus
Pugi
nwa soneo ft
hemo s
timp ort
a ntBrit
isharchit
ectsandthi
nkersofthen i
net
eent
h
cent
ury.
Inh i
sshor
tl i
feoff ur
ious,hardwo rkh ema nagedt
oc ha
ng et
h efaceof
Bri
tai
n.

27
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ineds tudywhe reheha dhiswor na ndink- stai
ne d
drawi ngboa rd.Hes toodupt owor ka nddr ewa stonishingl yfa s
t,wor kinghi swa y
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ought hel istoft a skshewr oteoute a
c hmor ni
ng.Hes angs natchesofpl aincha ntand
oper ainhi sloudvoi c ea shewor ked.The rewa sas itti
ngr oom a ndadi ni ngr oom,but
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te nint heki tchen,a spe opledot oda y,wi thPugi n
readinga loudf rom t hene wspa pera ndt alki
nga boutt hene ws .The rewa sa l
soac hapel
forf ami l
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ye rsne ededtobes hor tfort he
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ttlebl ack
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