listing of buildings

[mjandrews96]

hi everybody

can somebody tell me when listing of buildings began eg. grade 1 and 11 listings   there are listed 17th century houses in newington green londonn16   but they appear to have bits added to them such as a modern front roof/loft extension   perhaps somebody could help me with information on these particular buildings

tks for help

[jake-the-peg]

I think it was part of the Town and country planning act 1947.

As a consequence the majority of  listed buildings (especially grade II) have numerous later additions and modifications.

Restoring listed buildings to some idea of how they were at some point in the past is hugely controversial.

This may be of interest

http://www.hackney.gov.uk/index/council/departments/environment/env-plan/planning/planning-conservation-design-trees/planning-conservation-design-trees-lb/listed-buildings-list/listed-buildings-n-r.htm

[mjandrews96]

jake the peg 

many tks for yr answer  this has set me on the road to finding out answer to  my query have been in touch with hackney about the houses although it doesn't list these particular houses on their web site   again tks a lot

[Octavius]

Listing began in Britain on January 1st 1950, under the austere post-war Labour government; a surprise to many who believed that conservation and conservatism went hand-in-hand. Sadly we were not pioneers in the field; the French had been classifying historic buildings for the previous hundred years, while we in Britain had to rely on pressure groups such as the Georgian Group, formed in the 1930s to prevent the wholesale destruction of our Georgian architecture, perceived at that time as dull and lacking in merit.

For advice on how to get a building listed, or on listing in general, contact The Department of Culture, Media and Sport, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SWI Y SDH.

I assume that you looked through this part of the website:

http://www.hackney.gov.uk/index/council/departments/environment/env-plan/planning/planning-conservation-design-trees/planning-conservation-design-trees-lb/listed-buildings-list/listed-buildings-n-r.htm

There are a few places on Newington Grn listed.