Pugin Hall

{{Short description|Grade I listed building in Dorset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|Pugin Hall

'''Pugin Hall''' is a private house, designed as a rectory by Augustus Pugin and built in 1846–1847 in Rampisham, Dorset, England.<ref name="NHLE">{{National Heritage List for England|num=1323865|desc=Pugin Hall|access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref> The house is a Grade I listed building,<ref name="NHLE"/> the top category, 'of highest significance'.<ref name="grades">{{cite web|title=Living in a Grade I, Grade II* or Grade II Listed Building|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/your-home/owning-historic-property/listed-building/|author=|publisher=Historic England|date=|access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref>

==Early history==

Pugin Hall was built in 1846–1847 as a replacement for the earlier rectory at Rampisham, Parsonage House, which was considered to be too dilapidated to be suitable for repair.<ref name="NHLE"/> It was one of two Church of England rectories built by Pugin, a Catholic convert.<ref name="Jennings">{{cite book |author=Anthony Jennings |year=2018 |orig-year=2009 |title=The Old Rectory: The story of the English parsonage |series= |edition= |place= |publisher=Sacristy Press|isbn=978-1-910519-51-6 |page=129|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p6JSDwAAQBAJ&dq=when+was+pugin+hall+Rampisham+sold+by+the+church&pg=PA129}}</ref>

===Historic England listing details=== <blockquote> Pugin Hall was a major commission by one of the most distinguished architects of the Victorian era, A.W.N. Pugin. It is a characteristic and highly influential example of one of Pugin's smaller, professional middle-class houses and is considered to be the most complete example of domestic architecture designed by him. It has an exceptionally well-preserved interior with features of high quality and is almost complete in every detail....(it) is unique as being his only commission for which a full set of detailed plans and specifications survive, produced by Pugin himself. The survival of such an unaltered house by Pugin is very rare and there is clearly no doubt at all about its exceptional importance.<ref name="NHLE"/></blockquote>

==Later history==

There were several families privately owning Pugin Hall over the years, including the Armstrong-Wilson family in 1986.

The house was listed for sale in 2013 at a guide price of £1.7 million.<ref name="CL">{{cite web|title=Pugin-designed former rectory in Dorset|url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/country-houses-for-sale-and-property-news/pugin-designed-former-rectory-in-dorset-5191|last1=Kirkwood|first1=Holly|publisher=Country Life|date=1 October 2013|pages=|access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery> File:1 Pugin Hall Rampisham.jpg| Pugin Hall, Rampisham, Dorset. File:3 Pugin Hall Rampisham.jpg| Pugin Hall, Rampisham, Dorset. File:4 Pugin Hall Rampisham.jpg| Pugin Hall, Rampisham, Dorset. Detail of chimney stacks </gallery>

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==External links== *[https://books.google.com/books?id=p6JSDwAAQBAJ&dq=when+was+pugin+hall+Rampisham+sold+by+the+church&pg=PA129 Pugin's plans for the Rectory] *[http://www.minervaconservation.com/articles/minerva-autumn2008.pdf Report on the 2008 conservation of Pugin Hall] *[https://www.realhomes.com/completed-projects/pugin-hall-restored ''Real Homes'' article on Pugin Hall, 11 March 2019] *[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/405962 Photograph of the Hall] *[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/405969 Photograph of the Hall]

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