LISTED BUILDING

Domain	Definition
Fine Arts	Building of architectural or historic interest, listed by the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, and subject to strict planning control requiring'listed building consent'to be obtained for any works affecting it. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Listed building

In the United Kingdom the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 requires the government to create lists of buildings that are to be specially protected as part of the national heritage. Buildings on these lists are referred to as listed buildings.

There are three types of listed status (in descending order of 'importance' and difficulty to obtain planning permission):

Grade I
Grade II*
Grade II

According to the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, which oversees listed building applications and enforcement, there are, as of May 2003, approximately 442,000 listings are in place, of which 418,000 (94.5%) are Grade II, 18,000 (4.1%) are Grade II*, and 6,000 (1.4%) are Grade I. There are estimated to be about 500,000 actual buildings listed, as listing entries can apply to more than one building.

Famous listed buildings

Grade I:

British Museum Reading Room
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
etc.

Grade II:

BT Tower
and scads more famous buildings

Mixed:

In 2002 there were 80 seaside piers in England that were listed.

External links

Language		Translations for "LISTED BUILDING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		fredet bygningsværk (historic building, protected monument). (various references)

Dutch		op de monumentenlijst geplaatst bouwwerk (historic building, protected monument), beschermd monument (historic building, protected monument). (various references)

Finnish		suojeltu rakennus (historic building, protected monument), suojeltu muistomerkki (historic building, protected monument). (various references)

French		monument classé, immeuble inscrit. (various references)

German		denkmalgeschütztes Gebäude (historic building, protected monument), Baudenkmal (historic building, historic monument, listed monument, protected monument). (various references)

Greek		προστατευόμενο μνημείο (historic building, protected monument), χαρακτηρισμένο διατηρητέο κτίριο (historic building, protected monument). (various references)

Italian		monumento nazionale (historic building, protected monument). (various references)

Pig Latin		istedlay uildingbay

Spanish		monumento nacional (national monument). (various references)

Swedish		kulturminnesmärke, byggnadsminne (historic building, protected monument). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: LISTED BUILDING

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	Words within the letters "b-d-d-e-g-i-i-i-l-l-n-s-t-u"
	-4 letters: bestudding, distilling, nubilities, subediting.
	-5 letters: billeting, blindside, buildings, bulleting, bulletins, delisting, dignities, distilled, distingue, disunited, glutelins, ignitible, instilled, nullities, utilising.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
listed building	13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

LISTED BUILDING

Specialty Definition: LISTED BUILDING

Fine Arts

Specialty Definition: Listed building

Famous listed buildings

External links

See also

Frequency of Internet Keywords: LISTED BUILDING

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Modern Translation: LISTED BUILDING

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Anagrams: LISTED BUILDING

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