Talk:Monkton House, West Dean

Very rough and ready
This is rather rough, but I don’t have time for more now. Any contributions to its improvement grateful received. KJP1 (talk) 09:01, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Primary topic
We currently have two articles on two Monkton Houses, this one, Monkton House, West Dean, and Monkton House. Per PRIMARYTOPIC, my view is that this 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 this article be accorded the primary status, and that the Wiltshire house be moved to Monkton House, Broughton Gifford. I would appreciate other views. KJP1 (talk) 19:53, 18 October 2023 (UTC)