who were his parents?
Alfred Burges
William Burges
Burges was born on 2 December 1827, the son of Alfred Burges (1796–1886), a wealthy civil engineer. 
what is the tower house? A late-Victorian townhouse in Holland Park district, London who designed it? William Burges where was he born? England
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William Burges [SEP] Early life and travels
Burges was born on 2 December 1827, the son of Alfred Burges (1796–1886), a wealthy civil engineer. Alfred amassed a considerable fortune, which enabled his son to devote his life to the study and practice of architecture without requiring that he actually earn a living. Burges entered King's College School, London, in 1839 to study engineering, his contemporaries there including Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti. He left in 1844 to join the office of Edward Blore, surveyor to Westminster Abbey. Blore was an established architect, having worked for both William IV and Queen Victoria, and had made his reputation as a proponent of the Gothic Revival.