Listed building
A listed building, in the United Kingdom, is a building that has been placed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. This is a list of buildings that are important in terms of architecture, history, or culture. There are many buildings on this list. In the UK, there are about 500,000 listed buildings.
In England and Wales, there are three kinds of listed buildings:[1]
- Grade I: buildings that are very important
- Grade II*: buildings that are important in general (not special interest)
- Grade II: buildings that are special interesting (this means that they are important to some groups or for a specific reason)[2]
There used to be a fourth kind of listed building: Grade III. This type has not been used since 1970.[3]
Listed Building Media
The Forth Bridge, designed by Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler, which opened in 1890, and is now owned by Network Rail, is designated as a Category A listed building by Historic Environment Scotland.
WWII bomb damage advanced the move to preserve architecturally significant buildings.
100 King Street, Manchester, built 1935, listed Grade II* in 1974
The redundant Holy Trinity Church, Wensley, in North Yorkshire, is listed at Grade I. Much of the current structure was built in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Built in 1841, St Peter's in Stretton-on-Fosse in the Cotswolds is a Grade II listed building.
Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of the British monarch, listed Grade I.
Royal Festival Hall, London, was the first postwar building to gain Grade I listed status.
The Grade I listed King's College London Chapel on the Strand Campus was redesigned in 1864 by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
The Bank Hall mansion house is a Grade II* listed building, due to the 17th-century clock tower, which features an original oak cantilevered staircase.
The Johnny Haynes stand at Craven Cottage is a Grade II* listed building.
Other websites
- Photographs of listed buildings from English Heritage Archived 2009-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Listed Property Owners Club, providing information & advice for listed property owners
- Information about heritage protection generally
- PASTMAP Map-based database of listed buildings, scheduled monuments etc in Scotland Archived 2013-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Birmingham City Council - What is a Locally Listed Building? Archived 2009-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Birmingham Local RegisterPDF (364 KB)
Sources
- ↑ "Principles of Selection for Listing Buildings" (PDF). DCMS. March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ↑ "Listed Buildings". English Heritage. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ↑ "About Listed Buildings". heritage.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2005-10-26. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
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