Listed building facts for kids

The Forth Bridge, designed by Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler, opened in 1890, and now owned by Network Rail, is designated as a Category A listed building by Historic Scotland.

A listed building, in the United Kingdom, is a building that has been placed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. This is a list of buildings that are important in terms of architecture, history, or culture. There are many buildings on this list. In the UK, there are about 500,000 listed buildings.

In England and Wales, there are three kinds of listed buildings:

• Grade I: buildings that are very important
• Grade II*: buildings that are important in general (not special interest)
• Grade II: buildings that are special interesting (this means that they are important to some groups or for a specific reason)

There used to be a fourth kind of listed building: Grade III. This type has not been used since 1970.

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  The Forth Bridge, designed by Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler, which opened in 1890, and is now owned by Network Rail, is designated as a Category A listed building by Historic Environment Scotland.

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  100 King Street, Manchester, built 1935, listed Grade II* in 1974

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  The redundant Holy Trinity Church, Wensley, in North Yorkshire, is listed at Grade I. Much of the current structure was built in the 14th and 15th centuries.

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  Built in 1841, St Peter's in Stretton-on-Fosse in the Cotswolds is a Grade II listed building.

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  Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of the British monarch, listed Grade I.

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  Royal Festival Hall, London, was the first postwar building to gain Grade I listed status.

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  The Grade I listed King's College London Chapel on the Strand Campus was redesigned in 1864 by Sir George Gilbert Scott.

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  The Bank Hall mansion house is a Grade II* listed building, due to the 17th-century clock tower, which features an original oak cantilevered staircase.

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  The Johnny Haynes stand at Craven Cottage is a Grade II* listed building.

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  BT Tower is a Grade II listed communications tower

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  The Grade-A-listed Mussenden Temple, County Londonderry

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  The National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, designed by William Henry Playfair, is a Category A listed building.

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  The 18th century Garrison House in Millport, Cumbrae is Category B listed

See also

In Spanish: Monumento clasificado (Reino Unido) para niños