The Pugin Room Works of Art
Clockwise from the North Wall
1. Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860)
By Henry William Pickersgill
Oil on canvas
Sir Charles Barry won the architectural commission
for the new Palace of Westminster in 1836 after a
national competition. Within this portrait, to the
right of the figure of Barry himself is shown a design
of the Victoria Tower. Barry’s overall design was
particularly praised for the enfilade of major
interiors (Robing Room, Chambers, and Lobbies)
along the central axis of the principal floor (the line
of route). This must have seemed a vision of
simplicity and coherence after the motley collection
of buildings which had formed the old Palace.
2. Jane Pugin (nee Knill) (1827-1909)
By George Augustus Freezor
Oil on canvas - lent from a private collection
Jane Knill was AWN Pugin’s third wife whom he
married in 1848. On his wedding day Pugin wrote ‘I
am married, I have got a first rate Gothic women at
last’. Tragically Pugin was to die only four years
later. Jane outlived her husband by some 57 years.
In this portrait, Jane is shown wearing some of the
jewellery designed by Pugin for their wedding date.
This portrait was clearly intended as a comparison for
that of Pugin himself, as the near identical frame
suggests. However, recent conservation work to the
frames has shown that elements of this frame,
particularly the quatrefoil ornaments are plaster not
carved wood and appear to have been cast from the
original Pugin frame. Bronze paint, which has been
applied to the frames at a later date, has been
removed revealing a surprising amount of original
gilding.
3. Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852)
By John Roger Herbert
Oil on canvas
This is the best known portrait of the celebrated
architect and design of the Gothic Revival. The
unfinished, two-dimensional appearance is perhaps
explained by the fact that Pugin, a notorious
workaholic, grudgingly allowed the artist only twenty
minutes for sitting. The frame was designed by Pugin
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and made by Crace, the firm responsible for the
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painted and gilded decoration in the new Palace of
Westminster. Within the quatrefoil above Pugin’s
head is the family emblem, the Martlet, a
mythological bird that has no feet. Curiously here
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the feet have been added at a later date, possibly to
prohibited in the Pugin Room.
match the birds in the other quatrefoils.
Bar List
Wine List
glass bottle
Aperitifs (50ml)
175ml 75cl
Campari ............................................. £1.65
Champagne & Sparkling
Vermouth ........................................... £1.65
House of Commons Brut NV ....... £6.50 £26.00
Pimm’s No 1 ....................................... £1.65
Pimm’s Punch
Lenoble Champagne Rosé,
(250ml) ............................ £2.65
Stones Ginger Wine.............................. £1.65
France, 2002............................. £7.80 £35.00
Spirits
(25ml)
glass bottle
Bombay Sapphire ................................. £1.55
125/250ml
75cl
Gordon’s Gin
White
....................................... £1.55
Smirnoff Vodka.................................... £1.55
House of Commons Chardonnay
Bacardi ............................................... £1.35
France NV .............................. £2.20/£4.40 £12.00
Captain Morgan Rum ............................ £1.35
Jack Daniels Whisky
Falernia Sauvignon, Elqui
............................. £1.75
Chile, 2006 ............................. £2.20/£4.40 £12.00
Whiskies (25ml)
Chablis, Domaine de la
House of Commons Whisky ................... £1.35
Genillotte, France 2006 ...........£2.80/£5.60 £17.50
Bells .................................................. £1.55
Famous Grouse ................................... £1.75
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Jameson ............................................. £1.55
125/250ml
75cl
Glenmorangie 10 year old .................... £2.15
Rosé
Macallan 10 year old ............................ £2.15
Cruz de Piedra Garnacha
Calatayud, Spain 2006
............. £1.80/£3.60 £10.50
Cognac & Armagnac (25ml)
glass bottle
House of Commons Fine Cognac............ £2.50
125/250ml 75cl
Remy Martin VSOP ............................... £2.55
Red
House of Commons Armagnac ............... £2.25
Heartland Stickleback,
Calvados ............................................. £2.00
Cabernet Shiraz Grenache,
Australia 2005........................
Liqueurs
£2.20/£4.40 £12.00
(25ml)
Amaretto ........................................... £1.70
House of Commons Claret
Baileys Irish Cream .............................. £1.70
Bordeaux, France NV................£2.60/£5.20 £14.00
Cointreau
............................................ £1.70
Solabal Tempranillo
Drambuie ............................................ £1.70
Rioja Crianza, Spain 2004
Grand Marnier
........ £2.80/£5.60 £16.50
..................................... £1.70
Sambuca
............................................. £1.70
glass bottle
Tia Maria............................................. £1.70
125ml 75cl
Fortified Wines
Soft & Hot Drinks
House of Commons
Juices - orange, tomato, apple (250ml)....£1.60
Vintage Character Port ............ £2.60 £15.00
Minerals
(250ml).....................................£1.60
Harvey’s Amontillado................. £2.60
Cafetière of ground coffee ..................£0.85
Teas & Infusions .......................... from £0.85
Regency Fino .......................... £2.60
Hot Chocolate .....................................£0.85
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Deluxe Hot Chocolate
125ml
37.5cl
with whipped cream & marshmallows ............£1.45
Petit Fours .........................................£1.35
Late Harvest Orange Muscat & Flora,
Brown Brothers, Australia 2006.. £4.00 £12.00
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