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I'm not convinced by the BritHistory Online claim about the history; Pevsner, who's generally totally trustworthy, makes a convincing case for most of the house being 17th and 18th century remodelling, based on a shell by Compton, itself possibly part of a larger courtyard house which has since been
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Unfortunately, the Flickr stream is marked non-commercial use, which is incompatiable with GFDL. (I think it would be nice to have them – the current set of photos are rather sterile – but there's nothing with enough of a "wow!" factor to warrant the effort of chasing the photographer and pestering
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For what architectural history there is, I think it's better to go by Pevsner – who says much the same, but in far more detail. I agree that the listing needs to be cited, and have included cites to IofE for the building and its tower, which is listed separately. (The boundary walls to the park are
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of construction, let alone a date. I'm aware that, because information on the history of the structure is so scant, the history of the inhabitants seems unduly large, but I can't see an obvious way round that. Because of the gaps, this will be an unusual FAC, and ideally I'd like as many eyes as
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Hope this helps. Please note that I don't watchlist Peer Reviews I've done. If you have a question about something, you'll have to drop a note on my talk page to get my attention. (My watchlist is already WAY too long, adding peer reviews would make things much worse.) 13:41, 27 March 2009
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Note re the automated peer review – I think "The Hill School" is correct in this context as "the" was part of the proper name. I'm aware the lead is short, but it covers all that needs to be said, and expanding it would just be padding for expansion's
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them into releasing rights.) Regarding the oldlondonmaps.com image, I think that image is either a conflation, or a trick of perspective – I don't believe there's ever been any suggestion that the tower once formed part of the house, and
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mentioned - at least to reference the fact that it is a Grade I listed building which is currently uncited - NB gives construction date of c1600. The other relevant sources from IoE are:
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You said you wanted to know what to work on before taking to FAC, so I looked at the sourcing and referencing with that in mind. I reviewed the article's sources as I would at FAC.
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demolished. Hill moved some internal walls, but AFAIK the only change to the external appearance of the house made under him was the building of the school extension at the back. –
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The project was initiated by The Libraries Partnership - West Midlands, which becomes part of Museums, Libraries and Archives - West Midlands in April 2003.
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I've listed this article for peer review because after sitting half finished for some time, it's finally been expanded, recently passed a
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The basic structure is said to be of the era of the Comptons (BritHistory online); but extensively modified for Rowland Hill.
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http://www.search.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/engine/resource/exhibition/standard/default.asp?resource=4276
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possible to take a look to try to weed out any issues missed in the GA review before it goes that far. –
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also listed separately, but I think mentioning them would be going into excessive detail.) –
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a collaboration between a number of respectable academic institutions
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which deal with the history of the West Midlands and Mercia (
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I've taken a quick look & would have expected to see
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review of the article for issues relating to grammar and
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etc) to unify their online biographical archives. –
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Knowledge (XXG):Peer review
Bruce Castle
Article
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visual edit
history
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history
Watch
Watch peer review
automated
house
automated peer review page
very thorough GA review
Pevsner
iridescent
17:31, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Bruce Castle at Images of England
Western boundary wall
South boundary wall
Tower
Rod
18:07, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
iridescent
18:23, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Bruce Castle Park community excavation 2006
here
Kbthompson
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