Talk:Fonthill Abbey

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[edit] Article could use some editing

I've just been reading the article for the first time, knowing nothing about the subject. It's a good article but one thing which really struck me in the third paragraph is:

He hired James Wyatt as the leading architect, who can possibly be blamed for the building's failure due to his supposed lack of knowledge about vaulting and Gothic architecture in general.

That the building failed came as quite a surprise to me, a reader who isn't familiar with the building in question, since this seems like something which should be mentioned in the introduction. As it is, the reader must get all the way to the third paragraph to find out. Could some kind soul please fix this tiny niggle? I'd do it myself but I'm unfamiliar with the building in question so perhaps wouldn't do it justice. Thanks!--80.193.22.182 19:16, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I second the comment above. Please can some architect wikipedia fan come and mend this article. the collapse should be mentioned in the intor as that is what Fonthill is MOST famous for Yyem 09:32, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

The link to John Farquhar at the end of the article needs to be changed - the link is to someone with the same name, but no connection to Fonthill of William Beckford.teneriff 02:13, 23 October 2007 (UTC)