historic england

Urban characterisation can help to resolve the planning struggles, explains Nairita Chakraborty.

An inspector has blocked a mixed-use development in East London, adjacent to the recently rediscovered remains of a Shakespearean theatre where Romeo and Juliet is believed to have debuted.

A 1960s extension to a Regency-era villa in Oxford that was included in its listing after being mistaken as original has been saved from demolition because of the ‘nationally important’ figures...

2017 marks the 50th anniversary of England's first conservation area. Many more have been designated since - but are conservation areas all they're cracked up to be? Iain Rhind argues for a nuanced view of...