Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Gawthorpe Hall

Gawthorpe Hall

Original - Gawthorpe Hall is an Elizabethan house situated southeast of the small town of Padiham, in the borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England. It as a pele tower, a strong square structure built in the 14th century as a defence against the invading Scots. Around 1600 a Jacobean mansion was dovetailed around the pele but the true glory of the hall was the 1850 re-design of the house by Sir Charles Barry who eventually on to design the Houses of Parliament.

Reason

A good composition showing a classical piece of British architecture, it adds substantially to the article.

Articles this image appears in

Burnley, Gawthorpe Hall, Sir Charles Barry

Creator

Childzy

• Support as nominator --Childzy ¤ Talk 17:38, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose. The bottom right quadrant is really soft, and the too-bright sky unbalances the whole image (not quite blown, but aesthetically not much different).--ragesoss (talk) 19:13, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose Sharpness and lighting particularly. Just not up to the FP benchmark for architecture. Mfield (talk) 20:00, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
• Comment - Really a shame that image quality is so poor. It looks like a haunted house! -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 22:08, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
• Weak oppose It seems a bit tilted. Pie is good ^{(Apple is the best)} 01:34, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 10:00, 2 October 2008 (UTC)