Title: A Victorian architectural controversy
Description: Who was the bona fide architect of the New Houses of Parliament? Charles Barry (1795-1860), the winner of the Parliamentary competition, or Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52), the 'ghost' designer, a young Catholic architect and Gothic specialist?After both men died, the controversy over the actual architect of the Houses of Parliament was to become a matter of public dispute, largely stimulated by the directly-opposed claims published by the two men's sons--the architect Edward Welby Pugin (1834-75) and Rev. Alfred Barry (1826-1910), an Anglican clergyman who later became the Bishop of.
Subjects: Public buildings, Design and construction, History, Westminster Palace (London, England)
Places: England, London
People: Charles Barry (1795-1860), Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852)
Time periods: 19th century