Talk:Stowe House

Temple of Concord and Victory

The illustration captioned "Temple of Ancient Virtue" actually shows the Temple of Concord and Victory. Which aren't the illustrations more attractively formatted than this? --Wetman (talk) 15:43, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Temple of Concord and Victory picture fixed. Not sure what you mean by "more attractively formatted".

Stowe Manuscripts

Something should be said about the connection between this place and the famous Stowe manuscripts, most of which are now in the British Library. According to this the Marquess of Buckingham was responsible for collating them, although the marquess in question is not named. 86.42.71.111 (talk) 10:52, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

A copy in Russia

FYI, some structures of Stowe Park (Temple of Concord, the Pyramid, the Palladian Bridge etc.) were "cloned" in Tsarskoye Selo and Sophia parks (Saint Petersburg area) by Charles Cameron (architect) in 1780s. More about it in:

• Hayden, Peter (2005). Russian Parks and Gardens. Frances Lincoln. ISBN 0711224307, ISBN 9780711224308. pages 92-96

See it it's worth mentioning here. I will post a complete rewrite of Charles Cameron (architect) in a week or two.NVO (talk) 01:28, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Article format

Shouldn't the "major rooms" all be in separate sections? I'd suggest that this would aid both editing and reading. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:44, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

WP:GAN?

Would this make a Good Article? It certainly seems to have enough good content. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:11, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Lion statues

Pictures of the newly reinstalled Medici lions on the south facade would be a great addition to this article. Best, /Urbourbo (talk) 14:06, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

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Lead image caption

I think the lead image caption is too long and should be largely integrated into the text. Alternatively, it's possible that an alternative lead image might be more suitable. A recent image, such as File:Stowe House - geograph.org.uk - 837952.jpg, currently used later in the article, might be better? Why do we have three historical images, stacked like that, at the top of the article? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:37, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Tags

I propose removing the tags suggesting the article (i) is too long and (ii) has too many images. While it is long (over 177,000 bytes), I would not support splitting it unless an experienced editor is prepared to spend time dividing it into (a) house and (b) garden - and I do not think that is necessary. As regards the pictures, I would support trimming it a bit but I do not think it is essential. Dormskirk (talk) 16:38, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

I will remove the "too many images" tag, which I don't agree with either. My main complaint is that the very long family history precedes the description of the house - often the case, but a bad idea. Johnbod (talk) 16:42, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Hello Johnbod, hello Dormskirk, I'm working on a paid basis on a temporary National Trust pilot, which aims to enhance some of their content on Wikipedia. I'm currently making a survey of content for them, with a view to extending some it. In terms of the comment on splitting the page, this might be something I am able to support as part of the pilot. I see its not a firm suggestion, so I am just offering some resource in case its welcome. You can see the edits I've just started on and some information from the Trust here. Lajmmoore (talk) 21:08, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

OK with me if this is something you are prepared to take a look at. Best wishes. Dormskirk (talk) 21:46, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Yes, me too. At 175k raw bytes, the article is too long really, and the admirably thorough garden sections could be split fairly easily. But I think getting the family history lower down, and expanding the too-short lead are perhaps the first priorities. Almost all of it is by User:Architon who hasn't edited for almost a year. Johnbod (talk) 04:13, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

@Dormskirk @Johnbod Hello both, Just a heads up that I'm going to work on the page today and perhaps tomorrow. Thanks for you advice. Lajmmoore (talk) 08:28, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Started Draft:Stowe Gardens, will work on it tomorrow, then put through AfC since this is part of a paid pilot. Prioritising Stowe House article today. Lajmmoore (talk) 09:57, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

I need to be away from my computer for a few hours, but will return to the article this evening. Lajmmoore (talk) 11:05, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

I worked on this page further, but I need to wait for a few books to arrive, so work will probably resume on it next week. The lead still needs expansion, but I've recorded that as a future task. Lajmmoore (talk) 20:19, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

• I don't really see the need to put it through Afc; it's a split, & notability is beyond question. That might take ages. Johnbod (talk) 19:26, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

  @Johnbod Thanks very much for the encouragement, perhaps I was being extra cautious? I'm being sent some resources next week, so should be able to make the draft live very early August. Lajmmoore (talk) 21:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

• Hello Johnbod, hello Dormskirk - thanks very much for your patience while I've been working on this split for Stowe Gardens. I just moved the (now fully referenced) page to article space. I'll be tidying up the wikilinks over the next couple of days. I still have the expansion of the Stowe House lead to do. Lajmmoore (talk) 09:21, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Great job! Thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 09:29, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

This entry has been hacked

Someone has unkindly replaced the geographic location - Cobham in Wiltshire, England - with a location in n Texas … FrankBurgum (talk) 22:21, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Sorted. Johnbod (talk) 13:42, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Chapel

I didn't know that the chapel was designed by Robert Lorimer. I think it warrants a mention. Does anyone have any thoughts as to whether that would be better here, as the article focuses on the building(s), or at Stowe School, for which the chapel was built? KJP1 (talk) 10:25, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Or a line or two at both? Johnbod (talk) 17:08, 26 November 2023 (UTC)