The Tower House, in the district of Holland Park in Kensington and Chelsea, London, is a late Victorian townhouse built between 1875 and 1881 by the architect and designer William Burges as his personal residence. Designed in the French Gothic Revival style, it echoes elements of Burges's earlier work. The house was built of red brick by the Ashby Brothers, with a distinctive cylindrical tower and conical roof. The interior was decorated by members of Burges's long-standing team of craftsmen including Thomas Nicholls and Henry Stacy Marks. The house retains most of its internal structural decoration, but much of the furniture, fittings and contents that Burges designed have been dispersed. Many items, including the Great Bookcase, the Zodiac settle, the Golden Bed and the Red Bed, are now in institutions such as The Higgins Bedford and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The house was designated a Grade I listed building in 1949.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1899:

The New Richmond tornado killed 117 people and injured 125 others in the northern Great Plains in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_New_Richmond_tornado

1942:

On her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank began keeping a diary during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl

1991:

More than 150 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the military in the village of Kokkadichcholai. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Kokkadichcholai_massacre

2016:

An Islamic terrorist killed 49 people in a mass shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_nightclub_shooting

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

opprobrium: 1. (countable, archaic) A cause, object, or situation of disgrace or shame. 2. (uncountable) 3. Disgrace or bad reputation arising from exceedingly shameful behaviour; ignominy. 4. Scornful contempt or reproach; (countable) an instance of this. 5. (archaic) Behaviour which is disgraceful or shameful. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/opprobrium

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.   --Anne Frank https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anne_Frank