St. George's Fields

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852)

Transverse section of Pugin's plans for what later became St. George's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Southwark, London

Source: Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture, Plate XII.

Scanned image and by George P. Landow and text by GPL and Jacqueline Banerjee.

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Pugin described this plate as "a transverse section of the great church now erecting in St George's Fields, London (see Pl. XII); showing the great rood screen and loft, with the screens and chapels terminating the aisles" (32).

Other Views and Related Material

• St. George's as planned
• St. George's as it is today
• Pugin's surviving work in the interior of St George's (many views)
• The Hub, Edinburgh with spire designed for St. George's
• Pugin on steeples

References

Pugin, A. Welby. The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England. "Republished from the Dublin Review." London: Charles Dolman, 1843.

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