Period Properties
& Listed Buildings
From a country cottage
to a Georgian town house, a Victorian vicarage to a Tudor manor, the
Building the Past directory has an extensive range of manufacturers
and suppliers of products suitable for the conservation, repair and
restoration of period houses and listed buildings.
Also included on
the database is an extensive range of contractors and specialists within
the building conservation field, from architects and surveyors to archaeoligists
and insurance companies.
Listings are complete
throughout England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, in fact you can find
everything concerning building conservation an period house restoration
for the whole of the UK.
Old buildings are
our past and need to be part of our future.
Protecting our built
heritage by conserving our period properties is our only way forward.
Organisations such
as English Heritage, The SPAB, the Victorian and Georgian Society, all
play their part in protecting our Period Homes.
However in the most
part, the protection of period and listed buildings falls to the owners
of the listed building, who along with building conservation specialists
and period house restorers all play their part in protecting our old
buildings.
Listed buildings
come under 3 classifications Grade 1, (being the highest), Grade 2*
and Grade 2, these are seen as our most important traditional properties.
The listed buildings
gradings applied by English Heritage can be applied to buildings including
churches, schools, chapels, railway stations, barn conversions, cottages,
town houses, manor houses and castles and even buildings such as phone
boxes.
Medieval, Tudor,
Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian buildings all form their part in our
building heritage. Careful repair and maintenance of these traditional
buildings is the key to their survival,
Please make use
of our extensive database to help with your requirements.
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