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The Tower House

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 13, 2015 by Brianboulton (talk) 22:35, 23 April 2015 (UTC)



The Tower House in London's Holland Park district of Kensington and Chelsea is a late Victorian townhouse, built between 1875 and 1881 by the architect and designer William Burges as his personal residence. Designed in the French Gothic Revival style, it was described by the architectural historian J. Mordaunt Crook as "the most complete example of a medieval secular interior produced by the Gothic Revival, and the last". The exterior and the interior echo elements of Burges's earlier work. The house was built of red brick, with a distinctive cylindrical tower and conical roof, by the Ashby Brothers, with interior decoration by members of Burges's long-standing team of craftsmen including Thomas Nicholls and Henry Stacy Marks. The house retains most of its internal structural decoration, but much of the furniture, fittings and contents that Burges designed have been dispersed. Many items, including the Great Bookcase, the Zodiac Settle, the Golden Bed and The Red Bed, are now in institutions such as The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. It was designated a Grade I listed building in 1949.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Old Church on 1 March
 * Main editors: User:Dr. Blofeld, KJP1, Gareth E Kegg
 * Promoted: April 2015
 * Reasons for nomination: no really good date connection found, therefore why not soon?
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:13, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. Recently promoted FA and an interesting read. Freikorp (talk) 05:27, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Am I allowed to support this? I can't see a reasonable date we could wait for several years down the track so to show this on a day which is free anytime is probably best.♦ Dr. Blofeld  12:38, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Support: Any time you need a good TFA, this will work.  Also a good break from the usual topics!   Montanabw (talk)  22:43, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. Would really like to see it on the front page.  KJP1 (talk) 18:02, 16 April 2015 (UTC)