The show's second section focuses on Pugin's ecclesiastical designs. Pugin worked avidly to take the Catholic liturgy back to its Medieval roots, and he produced a range of designs, including spectacular metalwork and sacred vestments. They are among the most striking works in the show, reflecting as they do, Pugin's masterful use of pattern, color and ornament. The Houses of Parliament, rebuilt after the 1834 fire by architect Charles Barry and Pugin, are examined in the third section of the exhibition. From floor coverings to ceramic tiles, decorative carving, woodwork, furnishings, metalwork and stained glass, he codified the Puginian Gothic Revival idiom in this landmark public building.
Domestic commissions make up the fourth section of the exhibition.
The Grange, Ramsgate, Kent - which embodies his faith in Catholicism. It was conceived, beginning in 1843, as a tripartite structure composed of residence, church and monastery. The exhibition offers a watercolor of The Grange as well as objects from the house. A magnificent series of drawings show Pugin's inventive design skills for a variety of domestic, secular and industrial projects and his work as a pioneering interior designer. It has become an icon of the Victorian Gothic Revival.