Talk:Monkton House

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We currently have two articles on two Monkton Houses, this one and Monkton House, West Dean. Per PRIMARYTOPIC, my view is that the Sussex Monkton House is the more notable. It was designed by Edwin Lutyens and redesigned by Christopher Malthouse and Hugh Casson. Its owner was Edward James. The contributions by Salvador Dalí made it unique, as "the only complete Surrealist house ever created in Britain" with a collection of Surrealist art and furniture which was "one of the largest and most important in the world". By contrast, the Wiltshire Monkton is a 16th century house with seemingly little notable history. I acknowledge that it is a Grade II* listed building, one among some 21,000 such buildings, as opposed to the Sussex Monkton's Grade II, but beyond that, there seems little to suggest greater notability for the Wiltshire site.

I would therefore suggest that the Sussex house be accorded the primary status, and that the Wiltshire house be moved to Monkton House, Broughton Gifford. I would appreciate other views. KJP1 (talk) 19:49, 18 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Seems fair. Of course there will be a hatnote at the Sussex article mentioning the Wiltshire one. West Dean was not the best disambiguator since there are three English parishes with that name. -- Wire723 (talk) 10:27, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Two birds with one stone! Many thanks. You must be close to the only person in England who knows there are three parishes called West Dean! KJP1 (talk) 10:38, 19 October 2023 (UTC)