Howard, you really must spend less time in the shed with the home-brew kit.
Pugin has long been a favourite subject with the Beeb and their tame documentary makers.
Although I do not sit and take notes it has to be remembered that he was not the architect of choice for the palace of Westminster, the top job went to a tried and trusted old hand and while we may rightly marvel at his works we must not forget the army of craftsmen on which all his works relied.
It is most likely that we pass the homes of such men on a daily basis without a moments' thought. A re-reading of Gray's Elegy written in a country churchyard should help to refocus the mind, but is a bit long to paste here...
http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=elcc