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St Giles' Church is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Cheadle, Staffordshire, England.The Grade I listed Gothic Revival church [2] was designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and built between 1841 and 1846 for the Earl of Shrewsbury. It is in Decorated style, and is highly decorated on the outside and the inside, and has a tall steeple.
Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2005. Pugin, A. Welby. Account of the church in Lord Shrewsbury's New Church of St Giles, in Staffordshire: Being a Description of the Edifice.... London: Charles Dolman, 1846. (Free book) Google Books. Web. 26 November 2012. ____.
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was born in Bloomsbury, London on 1 March 1812. He died in Ramsgate, Kent on 14 September 1852. His father, Augustus Charles Pugin (1762-1832) was an architectural draughtsman who had emigrated to England in c.1798. Between 1821 and 1838 he published a series of drawings on Gothic architecture.
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin nacque il 1º marzo 1812 a Londra. Il padre era Augustus Charles Pugin, un aristocratico francese di origine svizzera friburghese che, stabilitosi a Londra nel 1792, aveva raggiunto la fama lavorando al servizio del celebre architetto John Nash e pubblicando una serie di opere letterarie sull'architettura gotica, come gli Specimens of Gothic Architecture [Esempi ...
St Giles', Cheadle Monday 9.15am Tuesday 9.15am’ Thursday 9.15am Friday 6.30pm St Thomas', Tean Wednesday 9.15am Friday 9.15am Confessions See Bulletin Visiting St Giles' St Giles' is considered to be the finest of all the churches built by the celebrated nineteenth century architect and designer A.W.N Pugin. So it is known as "Pugin's Gem".
8 de jun. de 2018 · In the 1840s, through the patronage of the Earl of Shrewsbury, Pugin was able to build the church that most clearly fulfilled his architectural manifesto—St. Giles', Cheadle (1840–1846). Huge in scale, opulent but restrained, in the year of its opening St. Giles was described by John Henry Newman (1801–1890), leader of the Oxford Movement, as "The most splendid building I ever saw."
1839 - Começa a se interessar pela obra de A.W.N. Pugin, cuja influência seria decisiva em sua própria obra. 1840 - Projeta, em Oxford, o Martyr’s Memorial; seu primeiro grande êxito dentro do estilo da arquitetura Neogótica. 1841 - Inicia a construção da Igreja de Saint Giles, em Camberwell; projeto que o torna conhecido em toda Europa.
