ENGLISH HERITAGE

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4441
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: ENGLISH HERITAGE
Date(s)	: 1896-1994
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 45.8 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Greater London Council | Architect's Department Historic Buildings Division English Heritage | London Region

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

On the abolition of the Greater London Council in 1986, the functions of its Architect's Department's Historic Buildings Division were handed over to the London Region of English Heritage.

The division was involved with the refurbishment, repair and general maintenance of buildings within the Greater London area which were deemed as being of historic or architectural significance. English Heritage continued this work after 1986.

In addition to these responsibilities, English Heritage is involved with the statutory listing of historic and architecturally significant buildings, and also with town planning and civic design.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Statutory Planning files from the Greater London Council Historic Buildings Division. These files were transferred from the Greater London Council to English Heritage and were continued under English Heritage.

The files concern a range of buildings including offices, houses, theatres, sports arenas, railway stations, mansions, museums, concert halls, pubs, shops, churches, chapels, government buildings, hospitals, bridges and markets; including the Royal Opera House, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Houses of Parliament, Mansion House, the Royal National Theatre, Geffrye Museum, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Spitalfields Market, County Hall, National Gallery, Lyceum Theatre, Smithfield Market, Hackney Empire, Saint George's Hospital, Harrods, the Royal Albert Hall, and Tower Bridge.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Files arranged by building.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the archive in March 2002.

Allied Materials

Related material:

See main English Heritage archives, ACC/3499/EH. For Greater London Council's Historic Buildings Division, see GLC/AR/HB. For London Registry files of the same series as in LMA/4441, which were transferred from Greater London Council to English Heritage but not continued beyond 1982, see GLC/AR/HB/02.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
June to August 2010.