UK
Aldous, T. (1975) Goodbye, Britain?, London: Sidgwick and Jackson. Classic UK polemic on disappearance of traditional features in major towns and cities.
Amery, C. and Cruickshank, D. (1975) The Rape of Britain, London: Elek. Classic UK polemic on disappearance of traditional features in major towns and cities: deliberate use of emotive words, eg as in title.
Ancient Monuments Society (1989) `The Society's casework 1987-8: Dee House, Little St John Street, Chester', Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society 33: 207. Key case of competing standards and tastes: standing Georgian house vs potential archaeological remains of Roman amphitheatre.
Andreae, S. (1996) `From comprehensive development to conservation areas', in Hunter, M. (ed.) Preserving the Past: the Rise of Heritage in Modern Britain. Stroud: Alan Sutton.
Arup, Ove, and Partners (with collaborators) (1993) Environmental Capacity and Development in Historic Cities. London: Arup Introduced concept of environmental capacity; introducing sustainability issues into conservation planning.
Arup Economics and Planning (1995) Environmental Capacity: A Methodology for Historic Cities. London: Arup Key publication on the issue of environmnetal capacity
Bar-Hillel, M. (1988a) `Only 18 post-war buildings are listed', Chartered Surveyor Weekly 14 April: 28. Reaction to the Secretary of State's treatment of English Heritage's first list of 40 post-WW2 buildings deemed worthy of listing.
Barker, A. (1976) The Local Amenity Movement, London: Civic Trust. Useful but short early study of amenity societies.
Barrett, H. (1993) `Investigating townscape change and management in urban conservation areas', Town Planning Review 64 (4): 435-456. Discusses method; cases of Bristol and Birmingham city centres.
Barrett, H. and Larkham, P.J. (1994) Disguising Development: Façadism in City Centres, Research Paper 11, Birmingham: Faculty of the Built Environment, University of Central England. Facadism becoming popular with developers in 1980s/1990s; identifies vulnerable building types; cases in Birmingham and Bristol.
Binney, M. (1981) `Opposition to obsession', in Binney, M. and Lowenthal, D. (eds) Our Past Before Us: Why do we Save It?, London: Temple Smith. History of conservation.
Binney, M. and Hanna, M. (1978) Preservation Pays: Tourism and Economic Benefits of Conserving Historic Buildings. London: SAVE Britain's Heritage.
Booth, E. (1993) `Enhancement in conservation areas', The Planner 79, 4: 22-3. Short critical commentary on poor design of streetscape improvements.
Boulting, N. (1976) `The law's delays: conservationist legislation in the British Isles', in Fawcett, J. (ed.) The Future of the Past. London: Thames and Hudson. Examination of development of UK legislation.
Briggs, M.S. (1952) Goths and Vandals: a Study of Destruction, Neglect and Preservation of Historical Buildings in England. London: Constable. Classic historical study.
Buchanan, C. and Partners (1968) Bath: a Study in Conservation, London: HMSO. One of four key Government-sponsored conservation studies around the time of the Civic Amenities Act & introduction of conservation areas.
Buswell, R.J. (1984a) Changing Approaches to Urban Conservation: A Case Study of Newcastle upon Tyne, Occasional Series in Geography 8, Newcastle upon Tyne: School of Geography and Environmental Studies, Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic.
Buswell, R.J. (1984b) `Reconciling the past with the present: conservation policy in Newcastle upon Tyne', Cities 1, 4: 500-514.
Campbell, K. (1986) Scotland's Conservation Areas: Retrospect and Prospect. Research Paper 6. Edinburgh: Department of Town and Country Planning, Heriot-Watt University/Edinburgh College of Art.
Chapman, D.W., Larkham, P.J. and Street, A. (1995) The Use of Article 4 Directions in Planning Control, with Particular Reference to Conservation Areas, Research Paper 15, Birmingham: Faculty of the Built Environment, University of Central England. Review of common legal mechanism of exerting additional control over development, most commonly used in conservation areas.
Chapman, H. (1975) `The machinery of conservation: finance and planning problems', Town Planning Review 46, 4: 365-382.
Cherry, G.E. (1975) `The conservation movement', The Planner 61: 3-5. Brief examination of the voluntary amenity movement.
Civic Trust (1989) `Conservation areas - the important "Steinberg test"', Heritage Outlook 9, 1: 1. Review of implications of key legal test case on `enhancing' conservation areas.
Cocks, R. (1997) `The mysterious origin of the law for conservation', Journal of Planning and Environment Law March: 203-209 Supplementary to Delafons, 1994, 1997.
Conzen, M.R.G. (1966) `Historical townscapes in Britain: a problem in applied geography', in House, J.W. (ed.) Northern Geographical Essays in Honour of G.H.J. Daysh, Newcastle upon Tyne: Oriel Press. Conzen developed one of the few early analytical approaches to conservation and urban form.
Conzen, M.R.G. (1975) `Geography and townscape conservation', in Uhlig, H. and Lienau, C. (eds) `Anglo-German Symposium in Applied Geography, Giessen-Würzburg-München, 1973', Giessener Geographische Schriften 1975: 95-102. A development of Conzen's ideas.
Coupe, M. (1991) `The character and appearance of conservation areas', Conservation Bulletin 14 Useful commentary from English Heritage's senior planner.
Curl, J.S. (1977) The Erosion of Oxford, Oxford: Oxford Illustrated Press. Classic UK polemic on impact of large-scale clearance & redevelopment in important historic city: deliberate use of emotive words, eg as in title.
Curr, G.G. (1984) `Who saved York? The roles of William Etty and the Corporation of York', York Historian 5: 25-38. Interesting review of personalities and retention of key mediaeval feature in C19th.
Datel, R.E. and Dingemans, D.J. (1980) `Historic preservation and urban change', Urban Geography 1 (3): 229-253 UK/US comparison.
Davies, P. (1991) `"Improvements" in conservation areas', Conservation Bulletin 13 Commentary on enhancement practises.
Delafons, J. (1994) `Planning and conservation 1909-1932', Journal of Planning and Environment Law June: 509-514 Rare treatment of legislation of this period.
Delafons, J. (1997) Politics and Preservation. London: Spon Authoritative UK historical overview by former senior civil servant.
Delafons, J. (1997) `Sustainable conservation', Built Environment 23 (2): 111-120 Critical commentary on UK system and PPG 15 developing into concept of sustainable conservation.
Dellheim, C. (1982) The Face of the Past: the Preservation of the Medieval Inheritance in Victorian England, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Origins of historicist and conservationist concerns in C19th.
Department of the Environment (1978) The Under-Use of Upper Floors in Historic Town Centres, London: HMSO. Early evidence of move to promote `living above the shop'.
Department of the Environment and Department of National Heritage (1994) Planning Policy Guidance Note 15 Planning and the Historic Environment, London: HMSO. Current guidance: new departure in looking at `wider historic landscape;, transport and economic issues; collaboration with new Department of National Heritage (which caused delay in publication!)
Dix, G. (1985) `Design and conservation in the city', Town Planning Review 56, 2: 127-134.
Dobby, A. (1978) Conservation and Planning, London: Hutchinson. Long a standard text, now dated in detail.
English Heritage (1988b) `Shopping in historic towns: a policy statement', Conservation Bulletin 5: 1-2.
English Heritage (1991) `Framing opinions', supplement to Conservation Bulletin 14. Issue of changing window frames in historic buildings became significant with high-pressure sales of uPVC double glazing.
English Heritage (1993) Conservation Area Practice Guidance note. London: English Heritage. Second edition 1995. Standard guidance on designation, enhancement etc.
English Heritage Monitor (annual) London: English Tourist Board. Invaluable annual guide to heritage/conservation statistics and trends.
English Historic Towns Forum (1992) Townscape in Trouble, Bath: EHTF. Landmark study of cumulative impact of `minor' changes possible without planning permission.
Eversley, D. (1974) `Conservation for the minority?', Built Environment 3: 14-15. One of the few critical views of conservation: that it is an élite activity.
Ferguson, C.M. (1990) `Steinberg reconsidered', Journal of Planning and Environment Law January: 8-10. Reviews reactions to key legal case of late 1980s regarding enhancement of conservation areas.
Fergusson, A. (1973) The Sack of Bath, Salisbury: Compton Russel. Classic UK polemic on impact of large-scale clearance & redevelopment in important historic city: deliberate use of emotive words, eg as in title.
Gamston, D. (1975) The Designation of Conservation Areas: a Survey of the Yorkshire Region, Research Paper 9, York: Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, University of York. Classic regional survey although now very dated.
Guillery, P. (1997) `Inventory and documentation of historic monuments in England: recording the "minor heritage"', Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society 41: 75-90
Harvey, J.H. (1993) `The origin of listed buildings', Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society 37: 1-20. Authoritative introduction by someone heavily involved in the procedure in the early 1940s.
Harvey, J.H. (1994) `Listing as I knew it in 1949', Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society 38: 97-104 Addendum to Harvey 1993.
Heighway, C.M. (1971) The Erosion of History, London: Council for British Archaeology. Classic early view of dangers of development to (principally archaeological) remains. Categorisation of (archaeological) value of towns.
Hendry, J. (1993) `Conservation areas in Northern Ireland: an alternative approach', Town Planning Review 64,4: 415-434. Shows difference in operation of system between Northern Ireland and England & Wales.
Horne, M. (1993) `The listing process in Scotland and the statutory protection of vernacular building types', Town Planning Review 64, 4: 375-93. Exploration of differences in Listing between UK and Scotland; argues that Scotland under-protects vernacular buildings.
Hughes, D.J. (1995) `Planning and conservation areas - where do we stand following PPG 15, and whatever happened to Steinberg?', Journal of Planning and Environment Law (August): 679-691. Useful overview of UK system following key legal cases.
Hunter, M. (ed.) Preserving the Past: the Rise of Heritage in Modern Britain. Stroud: Alan Sutton Useful collection of essays largely dealing with UK conservation history.
Jenkins, J. and James, P. (1994) From Acord to Oak Trees: the Growth of the National Trust 1895-1994. London: Macmillan The `official' history; contrast with Weideger, 1994.
Jewkes, P. (1993) `Protecting the historic built environment', Journal of Planning and Environment Law May: 417-422 Useful wide-ranging review.
Jones, A.N. and Larkham, P.J. (1993) The Character of Conservation Areas, Report commissioned from Plan Local for the Conservation and Built Environment Panel, London: Royal Town Planning Institute. Review of UK system.
Kennett, W. (1972) Preservation, London: Temple Smith. Good overview for the time, including historical review: focus on UK system, by a politician involved in developing the process.
Lambert, D. and Shacklock, V. (1995) `Historic parks and gardens: a review of legislation, policy guidance and significant court and appeal decisions', Journal of Planning and Environment Law July: 563-574. Useful review of relatively new conservation concern.
Larkham, P.J. (1990a) `Conservation and the management of historical townscapes', in Slater, T.R. (ed.) The Built Form of Western Cities, Leicester: Leicester University Press. Review of conservation and applications of ideas of M.R.G. Conzen.
Larkham, P.J. (1992) `Conservation and the changing urban landscape', Progress in Planning 37, 2: 83-181. Morphological perspective on built-form changes in sample town centres and residential areas.
Larkham, P.J. (1994) `Conservation areas and plan-led planning: how far can we go?', Journal of Planning and Environment Law January: 8-12 Issues raised by the new UK emphasis on `plan-led' planning system and primacy of Development Plan.
Larkham, P.J. (1996) Conservation and the City. London: Routledge. Summary of Larkham's morphological perspective on conservation; largely UK-focused.
Larkham, P.J. (1997) `Conservation areas: ideal and reality reviewed', Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society 41: 23-44 Review of UK area conservation concept after 30 years.
Larkham, P.J. and Barrett, H. (1998) `Conservation of the built environment under the Conservatives', in Allmendinger, P. and Thomas, H. (eds) Urban Planning and the British New Right. London: Routledge UK conservation trends and activities from 1979 focusing on impact of Conservative ideology.
Mandler, P. (1997) The Fall and Rise of the Stately Home. New Haven: Yale University Press History & development of the English stately home leading to discussion of its current place in heritage and conservation.
Mason, D. and Shacklock, V. (1995) `Restoration to conservation: the study and treatment of historic buildings and monuments in Britain', Journal of Architectural Conservation 1 (1): 8-26 History since mid-C19th; exploration of differences between two concepts.
Millichap, D. (1989a) `Conservation areas - Steinberg and after', Journal of Planning and Environment Law April: 233-240. Useful overview of UK system following key legal cases.
Millichap, D. (1989b) `Conservation areas and Steinberg - the Inspectorate's response', Journal of Planning and Environment Law July: 499-504. Useful overview of UK system following key legal cases.
Millichap, D. (1992) `Neglected area of conservation law', Planning 965 (24 April): 17.
Ministry of Housing and Local Government (1967b) Historic Towns: Preservation and Change, London: HMSO. Influential early UK guidance.
Morton, D.M. (1991) `Conservation areas: has saturation point been reached?', The Planner 77, 17: 5-8. Questioning role and extent of conservation areas.
Mynors, C. (1984) `Conservation areas: protecting the familiar and cherished local scene', Journal of Planning and Environment Law March: 144-57; April: 235-47. Commentary, by influential planning barrister, on UK legislation and guidance: much still relevant despite 1990 Acts.
Mynors, C. (1997) `Architectural conservation: a lawyer's perspective', Journal of Architectural Conservation 3 (3): 22-41 Perspective of English barrister, but with wider implications.
Norton, D.M. (misprint: should be Morton) and Ayers, J.H. (1993) `Conservation areas in an era of plan led planning', Journal of Planning and Environment Law April: 211-213 Brief commentary on issues of plan-led system, to which Larkham (1994) is an extension.
O'Brien, C. (1997) `Form, function and sign: signifying the past in urban waterfront regeneration', Journal of Urban Design 2 (2): 163-178 Case study of Newcastle upon Tyne; how heritage and conservation area treated in regeneration and urban design.
Oliver, K.A. (1982) `Places, conservation and the care of streets in Hartlepool', in Gold, J.R. and Burgess, J. (eds) Valued Environments, London: Allen and Unwin. One of the very few views of conservation of streetscapes.
Pearce, G., Hems, L. and Hennessy, B. (1990) The Conservation Areas of England, London: English Heritage. 5 volume survey of number and type of English conservation areas as at 1988. Useful position review, now outdated in detail.
Pevsner, N. (1976) `Scrape and anti-scrape', in Fawcett, J. (Ed) The Puture of the Past: Attitudes to Conservation 1174-1974, London: Thames and Hudson. Useful detailed examination of key issue in C19th UK conservation debate.
Pickard, R.D. (1996) Conservation in the Built Environment. Harlow: Addison-Wesley-Longman Probably the most comprehensive overview of the UK system (without going into legal minutiae as do Mynors and Suddards).
Powell, K. and Fieldhouse, J. (1982) Manchester: the Disappearing Cathedral Conservation Area, London: SAVE Britain's Heritage. Review of how one local authority used a range of non-conservation / non-planning powers to secure redevelopment in key conservation area.
Preservation Policy Group (1970) Report to the Minister of Housing and Local Government, London: H.M.S.O. Influential early policy advice.
Price, C. (1981) `The built environment: the case against conservation', The Environmentalist 1: 39-41. Rare argument against conservation, from architect's point of view.
Punter, J.V. (1991) `The long-term conservation programme in central Bristol, 1977-1990', Town Planning Review 62 (3): 341-365.
Ray, P. (1978) Conservation Area Advisory Committees, London: Civic Trust. The only published study to date on CAACs, which are advocated by DoE.
Reade, E. (1991) `The little world of Upper Bangor: part 1: how many conservation areas are slums?', Town and Country Planning 60, 11/12: 340-3; Reade, E. (1992a) `The little world of Upper Bangor: part 2: professionally prestigious projects or routine public administration', Town and Country Planning 61, 1: 25-7. Reade, E. (1992b) `The little world of Upper Bangor: part 3: what is planning for anyway', Town and Country Planning 61, 2: 44-7. Useful 3-part critique of UK conservation planning system in practise.
Robertson, M. (ed.) (1993) `Listed buildings: the national resurvey of England', Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society 37: 21-94. Major review of the second review of English listed buildings by those directly involved.
Robinson, A. (1982) `The evaluation of conservation areas', in Grant, E. and Robinson, A. (eds) Landscape and Industry: Essays in Memory of Geoffrey Gullett, Enfield: Middlesex Polytechnic.
Rock, D. (1974) `Conservation: a confusion of ideas', Built Environment 3: 363-6. Architect's commentary on influence of conservation on building design.
Ross, M. (1995) Planning and Heritage: Policy and Practice, London: Spon (second edition). Useful overview; but second edition little developed from first.
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and English Heritage (1993) The Investment Performance of Listed Buildings, London: RICS and English Heritage. Useful evidence on financial arguments for conservation.
Saunders, M. (1996) `The conservation of buildings in Britain since the Second World War', in Marks, S. (ed.) Concerning Buildings. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
SAVE Britain's Heritage (1978) Satanic Mills: Industrial Architecture in the Pennines. London, SAVE.
Scanlon, K., Edge, A., Wilmott, T. et al. (1994) The Economics of Listed Buildings, Discussion Paper 43 Cambridge: Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge. Useful evidence on financial arguments for conservation.
Skea, R. (1989) `The town scheme approach to urban conservation in England and Scotland', Planning Outlook 32 (2): 107-114 Details of grant regime; useful review but now overtaken by Conservation Area Partnership Scheme.
Slater, T.R. (1984) `Preservation, conservation and planning in historic towns', Geographical Journal 150 (3): 322-334.
Slater, T.R. and Larkham, P.J. (1996) `Whose heritage? Conserving historical townscapes in Birmingham', in Gerrard, A.J. and Slater, T.R. (eds) Managing a Conurbation: Birmingham and its Region. Birmingham: Brewin.
Smith, J.T. (1978) A Critical Bibliography of Building Conservation. London: Mansell Thorough up to 1977 but focusing on buildings; no policy or legislative aspects.
Stamp, G. (1996) `The art of keeping one jump ahead: conservation societies in the twentieth century', in Hunter, M. (ed.) Preserving the Past: the Rise of Heritage in Modern Britain. Stroud: Alan Sutton.
Stevenson, H.S. (1991) `Conservation and economic objectives in Hamilton', The Planner 77 (30): 8-9 Short paper on interface between conservation and economic (regeneration) considerations: Scottish case.
Strange, I. (1996) `Local politics, new agendas, and strategies for change in English historic cities', Cities 13 (6): 431- 438.
Strange, I. (1997) `Planning for change, conserving the past: towards sustainable development policy in historic towns?', Cities 14 (4): 227-233 Conceptual issues raised by sustainability/historic city debate.
Stratton, M. (1996) `Open-air and industrial museums: windows on to a lost world or graveyards for unloved buildings?', in Hunter, M. (ed.) Preserving the Past: the Rise of Heritage in Modern Britain. Stroud: Alan Sutton.
Stubbs, M. and Lavers, A. (1991) `Steinberg and after: decision making and development control in conservation areas', Journal of Environment and Planning Law January: 9-14. Useful overview of UK system following key legal cases.
Suddards, R.W. (1982) `Listed buildings - keeping the past present', Valuer 51, 9: 190-191.
Suddards, R.W. and Hargreaves, J. (1988) Listed Buildings, London: Sweet and Maxwell (third edition). Key legal text.
Suddards, R.W. and Morton, D.M. (1991) `The character of conservation areas', Journal of Planning and Environment Law November: 1011-13. Arguing that few - perhaps only 10% - of conservation areas have character appraisals.
Taylor, M. (1997) `Conservation in a multicultural environment', Journal of Architectural Conservation 3 (3): 72-79 Problems of conservation and multiculturalism (values, ethics, despires) in UK: cases of London, Bradford, Leicester.
Thomas, A.D. (1983) `Planning in residential conservation areas', Progress in Planning 20: 178-256. Overlap between conservation and housing issues.
Thompson, M.W. (1981) Ruins: their Preservation and Display, London: Colonnade. Authoritative view on monument conservation and presentation, especially UK Ministry of Works attitude.
Thorne, R. (1980) Covent Garden Market: its History and Restoration. London: Architectural Press Review of key high-profile UK case, which involved significant public debate.
Thornley, A. (1995) `Conservation, planning and political ideology: the British case', in Coccossis, H. and Nijkamp, P. (eds) Planning for our Cultural Heritage. Aldershot: Avebury.
Tiesdell, S. (1995) `Tensions between revitalization and conservation: Nottingham's Lace Market', Cities, 12, 4: 231-241. Regeneration v conservation: case study of well-known example.
Tiesdell, S., Oc, T. and Heath, T. (1996) Revitalizing Historic Urban Quarters. Oxford: Butterworth Helpful summary of existing material; largely case-study based; main focus on UK.
Walker, D.M. (1994) `The national resurvey of Scotland', Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society 38: 31-96.
Vallis, R. (1994) `Character: meaning and measurement', in Larkham, P.J. (ed.) Conservation Areas: Issues and Management, Faculty of the Built Environment, University of Central England. Contribution to `character' debate in early 1990s.
Vilagrasa, J. and Larkham, P.J. (1995) `Post-war redevelopment and conservation in Britain: ideal and reality in the historic core of Worcester', Planning Perspectives 10 (2): 149-172.
Weideger, P. (1994) Gilding the Acorn: Behind the Facade of the National Trust. London: Simon and Schuster An outsider's very critical view; contrast with Jenkins and James, 1994.
Yeomans, D. (1994) `Rehabilitation and historic preservation: a comparison of American and British approaches', Town Planning Review 65, 2: 159-178.
UK Catastrophes and impact on restoration (ethics, practice, funding)
Fishlock, M. (1992) The Great Fire at Hampton Court. London: Herbert Press.
Nicolson, A. (1997) Restoration: the Rebuilding of Windsor Castle. London: Michael Joseph.
Rowell, C. and Robinson, J.M. (1996) Uppark Restored. London: National Trust.
Venning, P. (1989) `Uppark: accept no facsimile', SPAB News X: 10-11.
