Pugin's Builder. The life and work of George Myers
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- Author(s) Spencer-Silver, Patricia
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1993
- Pages 294pp; illus
- Publisher University of Hull
- Place Published Hull
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Comprehensive account of his building projects - churches especially those according to Pugin's designs; asylums; Army buildings such as barracks, hospitals, academies, etc; Rothschild family buildings; etc - but also covers his business methods, workshop organisation, relationship with architects and clients, etc. Some coverage also of his early work at Hull and Beverley before 1842. With an extensive appendix listing and describing his contracts, arranged by location