Description: The Convent of Mercy, Nottingham was designed by A W N Pugin, and built in 1845-6 behind St Barnabas' Roman Catholic (also designed by Pugin in 1842) and comprised of two, three and four storey buildings arranged around a central cloistered courtyard, with a double height chapel complete with original decorative paint schemes. Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was a Catholic convert with little formal architectural training, Pugin's architectural theories and practice transformed English Church building (he was also famed for his Houses of Parliament interiors). Despite his death at just 40, he both galvanised the British Gothic Revival and stimulated Gothic revivals internationally. Within a few years of his death, Gothic revival architecture had become a worldwide movement. The Convent and Schools adjoining the Cathedral were dedicated to 'Our Lady of Mercy'.