Talk:Ribbesford House

Restoration Work
Historic England claim that restoration work stopped in 2020. This is referenced at the bottom of the article.

Drone footage which was shot in August 2022 (also referenced at the bottom of the article) shows that Ribbesford House does not have a watertight roof.

Therefore, in my humble opinion, we can conclude that restoration work has stopped and the roof is not watertight.

I think evidence to counter this should be an update from Historic England. Again, in my humble opinion, a future social media post from Samuel Leeds claiming but offering no real evidence that restoration has begun again is not a good enough source for Wikipedia. Ribbesford (talk) 16:46, 25 November 2022 (UTC)


 * This is over a year old article - and yes the drone footage was shot in August apparently, although not sure what evidence there is of that date? - what I can advise as someone who drives by this location regularly is that work restarted in October 2022, scaffolding is back up and work is underway - a year old article and months old footage are as you would expect now out of date and I would counter are no longer relevant as evidence for Wikipedia as you state.
 * If given your name you wish to drive by and confirm that is up to you but I will continue to correct your inaccurate updates, day in day out until you check yourself or confirm with someone locally - you appear to be very concerned about a project, which despite your name, you appear to have no local knowledge of? As the work underway is clear for all to see. Keepingittrue (talk) 17:54, 25 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Adminsitrative note I've reverted the article to its status prior to this blatant back and forth edit warring and fully protected it from further edits for 3 days. and, you are both single-purpose accounts who appear to have some sort of conflict of interest regarding the article subject. I'll be leaving you additional information regarding dispute resolution on your individual talk pages; in the meantime, the page is protected in lieu of blocking your accounts for violations of the three-revert rule. --  Ponyo bons mots 18:17, 25 November 2022 (UTC)


 * I am trying to add three fully referenced sentances to the bottom of the article. These are:
 * 1) "Restoration work stopped in 2020". - This is referenced by Historic England, a reliable UK Government body that is politically neutral. If restoration work had restarted last month then the website would have been updated. (Ref: https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/heritage-at-risk/search-register/list-entry/46931)
 * 2) "Footage filmed in August 2022 revealed that the restoration work had stopped without the building being watertight". - Look at the video! There's barely a roof on the building! (Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyEQwNtLkjo)
 * 3) "The condition of the building has deteriorated so much that it is at risk of being lost forever". - This is a referenced newspaper article. The newspaper uses the phraise, "at risk of being lost forever". (Ref: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/historic-buildings-worcestershire-risk-being-22067780)
 * The user, Keepingittrue, has not offered any evidence for restoration having been restarted other than an anecdotal comment about them driving past the house on a regular basis. There is no encyclopedic level source offered. Furthermore, the current final sentence of the article, "However, as of October 2022 work had restarted", uses the August 2022 drone footage as its source!" Ribbesford (talk) 19:27, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

Request To Change Reference 10
Reference 10 is currently:

Please can someone change it to:

Reference 10 is placed after the final sentence. A quick look on YouTube shows that it was shot during August 2022, it cannot be used to justify the final sentence which is, "However, as of October 2022 work had restarted.". I recommend that the penultimate sentence is amended to "Footage filmed in August 2022 revealed that restoration work had halted." which will allow the YouTube reference to be added after it. The final sentence lacks a legitimate reference, but I accept that I cannot change it at this point. Ribbesford (talk) 22:47, 29 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you to the kind person who sorted the references out. Ribbesford (talk) 10:40, 4 January 2023 (UTC).

"They planned to restore the building to its original character."
I've removed this sentence. The Leeds brothers don't actually plan to restore the building to it's original character. The original character of the building is that of an aristocratic english country house. The Leeds brothers are trying to convert Ribbesford House into apartments. 146.90.71.139 (talk) 23:43, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Reference 10
The video referred to doesn't show any evidence of work restarting on Ribbesford House - please correct. 51.191.9.18 (talk) 16:19, 21 February 2023 (UTC)