Residents of the UK's largest illegal travellers' site have applied to English Heritage to gain official protection status for the scaffolding gateway at the entrance to the site... more
English Heritage dealt a blow to plans for investment bank UBS' new £340 million headquarters at Broadgate today after recommending the listing of the two buildings on the site.... more
Details of England's entire national heritage - from protected shipwrecks to listed lamp-posts will be made easily available to the public for the first time with a new online database
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A cloud no bigger than a man's hand hangs over Broadgate, casting a shadow on plans drawn up by British Land to build a £750 million HQ for UBS on the 16-block office complex adjacent Liverpool Street Station... more
Up to 2,000 of London’s historic buildings have been saved from destruction since 1991 — but the recession threatens to create a surge of new properties at risk... more
Motoring pioneer Charles Rolls, known as the Lewis Hamilton of his time, was this week remembered with a Blue Plaque. David Williams finds what earned him the tribute... more
Planning inquiries are not for those with a low boredom threshold. That was evident from the sparse attendance at a hearing at the Oasis community learning centre in Lambeth to hear evidence for and against the building of three rather tall towers adjacent to Waterloo station... more
The government's conservation watchdog has launched a public attack on a proposed scheme for Waterloo station known as the "Three Ugly Sisters"... more
A plan to rescue the former Commonwealth Institute building has been thrown into confusion after English Heritage called for the entire site to be preserved... more
The Government has rejected the advice of its planning inspector and heritage experts to give the go-ahead to a 43-storey residential tower on the South Bank next to Waterloo bridge... more
These days most people feel guilty if they throw away a beer bottle rather than recycle it. So it seems odd that, for many, the sight of an old building being crunched up for landfill does not elicit the slightest twinge... more
Set in the idyllic grounds of three of England's top stately homes, this year's English Heritage Picnic Concerts concerts feature a stellar line-up.... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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