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| 1845 |
| | Pugin begins building, next to his own house, the Roman Catholic church of St Augustine, reached through a cloister | |
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| 1846 |
| | Pugin completes his most spectacularly decorated church, that of St Giles in Cheadle, Staffordshire | |
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| 1847 |
| | Barry's new House of Lords is opened, with lavishly beautiful interiors and furnishings by Pugin | |
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| 1848 |
| | Pugin marries his third wife, Jane Knill, with whom he has two more children | |
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| 1851 |
| | In London's Great Exhibition numerous examples of Pugin's designs and craftsmanship are displayed by different exhibitors | |
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| 1852 |
| | Pugin does not attend the opening of the completed Houses of Parliament, and there is hardly a mention of him | |
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| 1852 |
| | After years of strain and overwork, Pugin has a nervous breakdown and he is certified insane | |
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| 1852 |
| | Queen Victoria opens the new Houses of Parliament, designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Pugin | |
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| 1852 |
| | Pugin dies, at home in Ramsgate, and is buried in the chantry of the church he is building next door, St Augustine's | |
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| 1858 |
| | The clock tower at Westminster, designed by Pugin and now commonly known now as Big Ben, is completed | |
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