The 'listed building' system is complex (got to keep the civil servants busy somehow) and varies in detail between the individual countries of the UK. England & Wales have different rules from Scotland, while Northern Ireland is different from both of them. In particular England & Wales have a 'Grade 2*' category which doesn't seem to have an equivalent in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Basically, the listing grades are as follows : Grade 1 : High historical importance. Usually owners will not be allowed to make any kind of alterations to this type of building and will be required to keep it in a good state of repair. Public financing (in the form of grants from English National Heritage) may be available for urgent structural repairs. Grade 2 : Historically important but considerably less so than grade 1. No public financing is available for repairs and the level of statutory control on alterations is considerably lower than for grade 1 listed buildings. Owners still have a duty to maintain the building where possible, however it's far more likely that a grade 2 building will fall into disrepair and be demolished due to lack of finances for essential repairs. There's much more detailed information available online, start here if interested : http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1374 HTH, Jim. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:27:22 +0200, Juha-Matti Laurio said: >> Seeping rainwater has threatened the structure of the Grade II listed >> Victorian Gothic building > > Any of you Brits lurking on the list able to explain what Grade II means? > > I'm *guessing* either a label regarding its historical significance, or > its state of (dis)repair, but it's unclear whether lower numbers (Grade I) > are better or worse... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. -- DigitalDaemons IT Services. --------------------------------------- E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID : 0xB7066495 _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
