\paperw3360 \margr0\margl0\ATXph11340 \plain \fs20 \pard\tx3255\tx6525\tx9780\ATXts240\ATXbrdr0 \f1 \fs22 The advent of the Renaissance style in the 16th and 17th centuries broug
ht about the eclipse of the native \b \cf4 \ATXht10271000 Gothic\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 of the Middle Ages with its characteristic pointed arches. However, after two hundred years of Georgian architecture and \b \cf4 \ATXht10691000 Neo-Classical\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 order, 19th century purveyors of taste were beginning to show renewed interest in their countryÆs indigenous stylist heritage. This gave rise to the Gothic Revival of the Victorian age. One of the main exponents of this trend was Augustus Welby Pugin,
renowned for the decorations of the Houses of Parliament and a number of churches. However, the style was also used for town halls, university buildings, railways stations (including St Pancras in London) and monuments such as the \b \cf4 \ATXht10981000 Albert Memorial\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 .\par
