The Society for the Preservation of Historic Buildings of the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
was founded initially as a pressure group to counter the demolition of
historic buildings
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many ...
and it resolved later to acquire historically significant properties in order to maintain and protect them itself.
In a 2007 merger, the goodwill of the Society was acquired by a registered
Nonprofit organisation, Ruins on the Roam Limited, which adopted the Society's name and assets, with the intention to continue its work. The Society is noted in an
architectural journal of 1969. The Society was dissolved in 2011 after folding due to the dwindling of financial support during the most recent
global recession
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Definitions
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See also
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Historic preservation
Historic preservation (US), built heritage preservation or built heritage conservation (UK), is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance. It is a philos ...
References
External links
Organization homepage
Architecture in the United Kingdom
Architectural history
Heritage organisations in the United Kingdom
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