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listing of buildings
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
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.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
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:
There are a few places on Newington Grn listed.