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A fact from Wolvesey Palace appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 April 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the 17th-century Wolvesey Palace reuses a 15th-century chapel built on the remains of a 12th-century room from Wolvesey Castle?
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... that the 17th-century Wolvesey Palace reuses a 15th-century chapel from Wolvesey Castle built on 12th-century remains? Source: "The Chapel [...] was built c.1442-7 on Norman foundations." - Kipling and Scott-Joynt, Wolvesey and the Collection of Episcopal Portraits; "The new residence begun for Bishop Morley (1662-84) [...] the medieval chapel, which Fitch retained [...] raised up on the infilled remains of a C12 lower room" - Pesvner Architectural Guide.
ALT1: ... that George Morley tried to renovate Wolvesey Castle, including by cleaning the moat, before deciding to build Wolvesey Palace? Source: "In the C17 Bishop George Morley carried out extensive work in cleaning the moat, wainscoting the dining room, building a muniment house and refurbishing the chapel. [...] Near the end of his episcopate, Bishop Morley (1662-84) took the decision to replace the medieval palace with a new residence in the Baroque style immediately to the south." - [1]
ALT2: ... that the wool house of Wolvesey Castle was converted to the coach house and stables of Wolvesey Palace? Source: "Bishop Sir Jonathan Trawley (1707-21) converted the great wool house into a coach house and stables" - [2]
Overall: Article was created as a redirect in 2011, then Godtres created the article on March 2, 2024. There are some questions regarding specific dates, as well as discussion regarding the remains noted above. Otherwise, I think this is looking good. Concerns regarding the draft have been addressed. I'm accepting ALT0b (below) Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 16:51, 1 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Significa liberdade: Thank you so much for taking the time to review this nomination and the article itself. All your suggestions have been helpful, although I have made a few further edits. I've hopefully reworded the article to be clearer on the 12th-century remains. The buildings before the 12th century were not stone, so have been entirely destroyed. There was a chapel built in the 12th century (one of the first stone buildings). A new chapel was built in the 15th century on its remains, which survives. The rest of the palace was not built on 12th century remains. I worry with ALT1 that it is more relevant to Wolvesey Castle than Wolvesey Palace, which is the article I am nominating. Godtres (talk) 17:10, 1 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for that clarification, @Godtres:! I think the article is clearer now. If you're interested in focusing on ALT0, I'm curious if you can find another way to phrase it. When I hear "remains", I tend to think of "human remains", which is inaccurate. Maybe you could say, "built on the 12th-century remains of a medieval bishop's palace"? Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 18:33, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Reply