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listed building (in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| To compete with out-of-town shopping, the store decided to woo customers with parking, and this could only be placed next to the river-bank under some ancient listed buildings, accessed from the bank-side traffic artery. Many are listed buildings and range from country houses and coaching inns to more modern town center hotels. In 1969, a governmental-sponsored Public Inquiry, the Layfield Committee, recommended the creation of a High Buildings Map that would control where tall buildings would be permitted, and a Skyline Protection Bill was introduced to Parliament in 1977, which recommended the protection of views by designation that would be similar to the status afforded to listed buildings and conservation areas. |
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