List of historic buildings of the United Kingdom
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The historic buildings of the United Kingdom date from prehistoric times onwards. The earliest are
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buildings and these are followed by those of ancient, medieval and modern times, all exemplifying the
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of the
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. Below is a list of important buildings and structures from the beginning until
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times (18th and early 19th centuries).


Pre-historic buildings and structures


Roman buildings and structures


Anglo-Saxon, Celtic and Viking buildings and structures

Approximately 5th century to the
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of 1066.


Norman architecture

11th and 12th centuries.


Early Gothic architecture

Late 12th century until the mid to late 13th century.


Decorated and Perpendicular Gothic architecture

Late 13th century until the mid 16th century.


Renaissance, Tudor and Jacobean architecture

Late 15th century until the mid 17th century.


Caroline and interregnum architecture


English Baroque architecture


Georgian architecture

Around 1720 to around 1840.


See also

* Anglo-Saxon architecture *
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* Prehistoric Britain *
Roman Britain Roman Britain was the period in classical antiquity when large parts of the island of Great Britain were under occupation by the Roman Empire. The occupation lasted from AD 43 to AD 410. During that time, the territory conquered was ...
* Timeline of architectural styles * List of country houses in the United Kingdom *
Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1 ...


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