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Did you know... that because of its isolated, moorside location, Wells House, Ilkley, is the only building by Cuthbert Brodrick known to have been surrounded by a designed landscape?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:52, 10 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Wells House from the south west

... that because of its isolated, moorside location, Wells House, Ilkley, is the only building by Cuthbert Brodrick known to have been surrounded by a designed landscape?
- ALT1:... that Wells House in the West Yorkshire town of Ilkley has been described as a miniature Blenheim Palace?
- ALT2:... that Wells House was built in Ilkley in 1856 as a large hydropathic establishment but closed as soon as the 1880s?
- ALT3:... that since 1856, Wells House, Ilkley, has been used as a hydropathic establishment, a hotel, a further education college and as apartments?
- ALT4:... that Charles Darwin was staying at Wells House, Ilkley, for hydrotherapy when his work On the Origin of Species was published in 1859?

Reviewed: Campfire ash ceremony
Comment: I've come up with a few options for the hook so you can decide what seems most interesting.

Created by Rcsprinter123 (talk). Self-nominated at 13:37, 27 July 2020 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I like ALT0, ALT1, and ALT3 the most. epicgenius (talk) 17:26, 27 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

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