Alfred Luck
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Alfred Luck
by AndrewM » Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:42 pm
On Thursday 8th September, a crowd gathered outside The Royal Harbour Hotel at 11 Nelson Crescent to witness the unveiling of a blue plaque to recognise Alfred Luck. Alfred was a good friend of AWN Pugin and co-owned the lugger Caroline with him.
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Re: Alfred Luck
by AndrewM » Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:50 pm
Courtesy of the Isle of Thanet Gazette
New blue plaque is sign of Luck
THE Royal Harbour Hotel in Nelson Crescent, Ramsgate, is the location of The Ramsgate Society's latest blue plaque.
The blue plaque commemorates Alfred Luck, a great friend of renowned Gothic revivalist architect AWN Pugin.
HISTORY: Catriona Blaker, centre right, and members of the Ramsgate Society beneath the plaque in honour of Alfred Luck GIGW20110908D-002_C
HISTORY: Catriona Blaker, centre right, and members of the Ramsgate Society beneath the plaque in honour of Alfred Luck GIGW20110908D-002_C
It was unveiled by Catriona Blaker, former editor of True Principles – the journal of Pugin studies – and founder and trustee of the Pugin Society.
Hotel owner James Thomas was delighted to hear of Alfred Luck's residence at the property.
It was Luck who became the sole beneficiary of Pugin's St Augustine's monastery in 1856, the first Benedictine monastery to be built in England since the Reformation.
Luck also owned, with Pugin, a lugger called Caroline, in which they salvaged the cargo from many a shipwreck.
Pugin would climb the tower of his house with a spy-glass to scan the Channel for ships in distress.
A trap door in the hall opened not only into the cellar but also into a tunnel bored down through the chalk to the beach. All he had to do was run down the tunnel to launch the lugger.
Caroline's cost, seventy pounds, was repaid in one go after they salvaged the cargo of a Dutch galleon, outward bound for Spain.
Alfred Luck and one of his sons subsequently became diocesan priests, two of his daughters became nuns, and two other sons became Benedictines.
One of them, John Luck, went on to become Bishop of Auckland in New Zealand.
Catriona Blaker gave a short resumé of Luck's life and times in Ramsgate and then unveiled the plaque.
New blue plaque is sign of Luck
THE Royal Harbour Hotel in Nelson Crescent, Ramsgate, is the location of The Ramsgate Society's latest blue plaque.
The blue plaque commemorates Alfred Luck, a great friend of renowned Gothic revivalist architect AWN Pugin.
HISTORY: Catriona Blaker, centre right, and members of the Ramsgate Society beneath the plaque in honour of Alfred Luck GIGW20110908D-002_C
HISTORY: Catriona Blaker, centre right, and members of the Ramsgate Society beneath the plaque in honour of Alfred Luck GIGW20110908D-002_C
It was unveiled by Catriona Blaker, former editor of True Principles – the journal of Pugin studies – and founder and trustee of the Pugin Society.
Hotel owner James Thomas was delighted to hear of Alfred Luck's residence at the property.
It was Luck who became the sole beneficiary of Pugin's St Augustine's monastery in 1856, the first Benedictine monastery to be built in England since the Reformation.
Luck also owned, with Pugin, a lugger called Caroline, in which they salvaged the cargo from many a shipwreck.
Pugin would climb the tower of his house with a spy-glass to scan the Channel for ships in distress.
A trap door in the hall opened not only into the cellar but also into a tunnel bored down through the chalk to the beach. All he had to do was run down the tunnel to launch the lugger.
Caroline's cost, seventy pounds, was repaid in one go after they salvaged the cargo of a Dutch galleon, outward bound for Spain.
Alfred Luck and one of his sons subsequently became diocesan priests, two of his daughters became nuns, and two other sons became Benedictines.
One of them, John Luck, went on to become Bishop of Auckland in New Zealand.
Catriona Blaker gave a short resumé of Luck's life and times in Ramsgate and then unveiled the plaque.
If you're not already, please consider joining the society... It costs less than £10 for a whole year !
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