Template:Did you know nominations/Greyfriars, Winchelsea
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:30, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
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Greyfriars, Winchelsea
- ... that in 2015, a 19th-century country house with a free monastery was put on the market for £4.5 million? Source: "For a cool £4.5 million, you can buy Greyfriars. This six-bedroom country house, built in 1819 .... Anyone purchasing Greyfriars will also be buying the ruins of the Church of the Greyfriars, all that remains above ground of the Franciscan monastery" ([1])
- Reviewed: Dubarry Park
5x expanded by Ritchie333 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:58, 3 March 2020 (UTC).
Long enough, sufficiently expanded within time frame although there's a lot more in the scheduled monument record that could be used (and presumably there's a separate listing for the grade II house?). Sourcing is mostly adequately reliable. I'd suggest cutting the description "controversially" unless stronger sourcing is available on both neutrality and close paraphrasing grounds. Earwig also found a few minor fragments that could do with moving slightly further from the Rye News wording. Hook fact is concise, interesting and sourced. There is an attractive image in the article that could be used. QPQ done. Espresso Addict (talk) 20:51, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- I've done a bit of a copyedit so Earwig should complain less now. I agree that the article can be expanded and improved further, but architecture terminology isn't really my strong point so I'd rather err on the side of being shorter and right than longer and misleading or wrong. I'd really like a picture of the country house itself, but because it's a private estate there are no free images on Geograph. The NHLE source does mention the house alongside the ruins; the whole estate is what is Grade II listed, as far as I'm aware. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:06, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
Found the GII listing for the house: [2], for reference. Espresso Addict (talk) 00:05, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks, I've added that. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 12:10, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
- I've done a bit of a copyedit so Earwig should complain less now. I agree that the article can be expanded and improved further, but architecture terminology isn't really my strong point so I'd rather err on the side of being shorter and right than longer and misleading or wrong. I'd really like a picture of the country house itself, but because it's a private estate there are no free images on Geograph. The NHLE source does mention the house alongside the ruins; the whole estate is what is Grade II listed, as far as I'm aware. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:06, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
