78-579: Goddards is a Grade II*- listed house in Abinger Common , Surrey , England, completed in 1900. It was designed by Edwin Lutyens in the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement and the west-facing courtyard garden was designed by Gertrude Jekyll . The house uses local building materials, including Horsham stone tiles, and the two wings are spayed at an angle towards the late-afternoon sun. The design
156-646: A heritage asset legally protected) is called 'designation'. Several different terms are used because the processes use separate legislation: buildings are 'listed'; ancient monuments are 'scheduled', wrecks are 'protected', and battlefields, gardens and parks are 'registered'. A heritage asset is a part of the historic environment that is valued because of its historic, archaeological, architectural or artistic interest. Only some of these are judged to be important enough to have extra legal protection through designation. Buildings that are not formally listed but still judged as being of heritage interest can still be regarded as
234-473: A holiday home for groups of up to 12 people, although the Lutyens Trust continues to occupy the library. Stylistically, the house sits within the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement and combines Tudor and vernacular influences with contemporary ideas from the end of the 19th century. For Goddards, Lutyens followed the philosophy of one of his early influences, Randolph Caldecott , in creating
312-436: A material consideration in the planning process. As a very rough guide, listed buildings are structures considered of special architectural and historical importance. Ancient monuments are of 'national importance' containing evidential values, and can on many occasions also relate to below ground or unoccupied sites and buildings. Almost anything can be listed. Buildings and structures of special historic interest come in
390-472: A "home of rest to which ladies of small means might repair for holiday." Mirrielees specified that the building should consist of two small side cottages linked by a common room. The house was constructed by Harrisons, a local building firm, and was completed in 1900. The majority of the women who stayed at Goddards were single and were employed as nurses or governesses . At Goddards they were able to socialise, read, and enjoy music and games together. The building
468-661: A building. Listed building consent must be obtained from local authorities before any alteration to a listed structure. There are about 8,500 listed buildings in Northern Ireland, divided into four grades, defined as follows: In Scotland, listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947, and the current legislative basis for listing is the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 . As with other matters regarding planning, conservation
546-463: A commitment to sharing the understanding of the historic environment and more openness in the process of designation. In 2008, a draft Heritage Protection Bill was subject to pre-legislative scrutiny before its passage through UK Parliament. The legislation was abandoned despite strong cross-party support, to make room in the parliamentary legislative programme for measures to deal with the credit crunch, though it may be revived in future. The proposal
624-404: A group that is—for example, all the buildings in a square. This is called 'group value'. Sometimes large areas comprising many buildings may not justify listing but receive the looser protection of designation as a conservation area . The specific criteria include: The state of repair of a building is not generally deemed to be a relevant consideration for listing. Additionally: Although
702-481: A house that has a foot in both past and future – makes Goddards so fresh and powerful." In Landmark : A History of Britain in 50 Buildings , published in 2015, the architectural historian, Anna Keay , writes: "Goddards embodied the Arts and Crafts ideal of an honest, unpretentious home." The writer, Alan Powers , considers the building to be one of three houses that exemplify the Arts and Crafts movement: "Goddards…
780-451: A list of locally listed buildings as separate to the statutory list (and in addition to it). There is no statutory protection of a building or object on the local list but many receive a degree of protection from loss through being in a Conservation Area or through planning policy. Councils hope that owners will recognise the merits of their properties and keep them unaltered if at all possible. Listing began later in Northern Ireland than in
858-403: A listed building is a criminal offence and owners can be prosecuted. A planning authority can also insist that all work undertaken without consent be reversed at the owner's expense. See also Category:Grade II* listed buildings for examples of such buildings across England and Wales. See also Category:Grade II listed buildings for examples of such buildings across England and Wales. It
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#1732783779719936-687: A listed structure. Applications for consent are made on a form obtained from Historic Environment Scotland. After consulting the local planning authority, the owner, where possible, and an independent third party, Historic Environment Scotland makes a recommendation on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. The scheme for classifying buildings is: There are about 47,400 listed buildings in Scotland. Of these, around 8 percent (some 3,800) are Category A, 50 percent are Category B, and 42 percent are listed at Category C. Although
1014-484: A little that the architect wanted to display his great knowledge of all of them." The critic, Ian Nairn , echoes this point, noting that Goddards has "a promising asymmetrical style ruined by slack elevations and a remarkably unhappy choice of materials..." In a similar vein, Daniel O'Neill writes: "The feeling is of congested display and pictorial gymnastics for its own sake. There is so often this conflict in Lutyens's early work – where admiration for his inventive ideas and
1092-558: A non-statutory basis. Although a limited number of 'ancient monuments' were given protection under the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882 , there was reluctance to restrict the owners of occupied buildings in their actions related to their property. The extensive damage to buildings caused by German bombing during World War II prompted efforts to list and protect buildings that were deemed to be of particular architectural merit. Three hundred members of
1170-532: A process of reform, including a review of the criteria used for listing buildings. A Review of Heritage Policy in 2006 was criticised, and the Government began a process of consultation on changes to Planning Policy Guidance 15 , relating to the principles of selection for listing buildings in England. The government's White Paper "Heritage Protection for the 21st Century", published on 8 March 2007, offered
1248-519: A provision in the Town and Country Planning Act 1947 covering England and Wales, and the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 covering Scotland. Listing was first introduced into Northern Ireland under the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1972. The listing process has since developed slightly differently in each part of the UK. The process of protecting the built historic environment (i.e. getting
1326-557: A single document, the National Planning Policy Framework . A consultation draft of this was published on 25 July 2011 and the final version on 27 March 2012. This became a material consideration in planning matters on publication. It has since been revised in 2018, 2019 and 2021. The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission in England and Cadw in Wales list buildings under three grades, with Grade I being
1404-636: A system of sculpting mass similar to that employed on the Cenotaph a decade later." Brian Edwards writes: "Much of the beauty of these buildings derives from their odd, sometimes disturbing proportion. Goddards is not an essay in mathematical proportion, but proportion engineered by the eye of an artist." Listed building In the United Kingdom , a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of
1482-410: A traditional country building and he may also have been influenced by the design of local almshouses . The materials used in the building contribute rustic textures and colours. The prominent chimneys are built of brick and the walls are constructed of colour-washed rough-cast stone. The clay tiles of the main roof are plain, but the lower courses are slabs of Horsham Stone , which form a pentice above
1560-618: A wide variety of forms and types, ranging from telephone boxes and road signs, to castles. Historic England has created twenty broad categories of structures, and published selection guides for each one to aid with assessing buildings and structures. These include historical overviews and describe the special considerations for listing each category. However, in 2020, the Supreme Court ruled in Dill v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and another that buildings in
1638-659: Is a British typeface designer, stone letter carver and sculptor. Kindersley studied lettering and sculpture at Cambridge School of Art and in the workshop of his father David Kindersley , who was also a noted stone carver. His major public work is the Seven Ages of Man , a sculpture outside Baynard House in the City of London. He has also constructed a modern stone circle called The Millennium Stones created during 1998 to 1999 in Gatton Park Surrey, to mark
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#17327837797191716-538: Is a good representative of the period… when [Lutyens] came closest to the Modernist idea." Others have been more critical. In The domestic architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens , originally published in 1950, A.S.G. Butler, George Stewart and Christopher Hussey point to the sheer number of different building materials used at Goddards: "…roughcast, moulded brick, stone, Horsham slates and ordinary roofing-tiles are too rich an agglomeration in so small an area. It suggests
1794-802: Is a power devolved to the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government . The authority for listing rests with Historic Environment Scotland (formerly Historic Scotland ), an executive agency of the Scottish Government, which inherited this role from the Scottish Development Department in 1991. The listing system is administered by Historic Environment Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. Listed building consent must be obtained from local authorities before any alteration to
1872-469: Is influenced by vernacular hall houses and almshouses , as well as the architectural ideas of the late-19th century and the Tudor period . Originally built for Frederick Mirrielees, whose fortune came from shipping, "as a home of rest to which ladies of small means might repair for holiday", Goddards was configured as two cottages linked by a common room . Original features include the skittle alley , and
1950-441: Is not unusual for historic sites, particularly large sites, to contain buildings with multiple, sometimes varying, designations. For example, Derwent Valley Mills , a World Heritage Site contains 838 listed buildings, made up of 16 listed at Grade I, 42 at Grade II* and 780 at Grade II. A further nine structures are Scheduled monuments . Many councils, for example, Birmingham City Council and Crawley Borough Council , maintain
2028-552: Is possible but is rare. One example is Anmer Hall in Norfolk, which was listed in 1984 and de-listed in 1988. In an emergency, the local planning authority can serve a temporary " Building Preservation Notice " (BPN), if a building is in danger of demolition or alteration in such a way that might affect its historic character. This remains in force for six months until the Secretary of State decides whether or not to formally list
2106-448: Is provided for some buildings in current use for worship, but only in cases where the relevant religious organisation operates its own equivalent permissions procedure. Owners of listed buildings are, in some circumstances, compelled to repair and maintain them and can face criminal prosecution if they fail to do so or if they perform unauthorised alterations. When alterations are permitted, or when listed buildings are repaired or maintained,
2184-417: Is typical of this vernacular aesthetic, with exposed timber beams and a large fireplace at one end. When completed in 1900, there were six bedrooms for guests and the loft above the common room was used as a games room. The skittle alley , in the southeastern corner of the house, is part of the original construction and would have been considered fashionable at the end of the 19th century. The roof of
2262-540: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to deliver the government policy on the protection to historic buildings and other heritage assets. The decision about whether or not to list a building is made by the Secretary of State, although the process is administered in England by Historic England . The listed building system in Wales formerly also operated under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, as in England, until this
2340-701: The Royal Institute of British Architects and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings were dispatched to prepare the list under the supervision of the Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments, with funding from the Treasury. The listings were used as a means to determine whether a particular building should be rebuilt if it was damaged by bombing, with varying degrees of success. In Scotland,
2418-431: The exposed timber beams and fireplace in the common room. In 1910, Lutyens extended the building and adapted it as a private residence for Mirrielees' son and daughter-in-law. The modifications included the provision of two large bedrooms, bathrooms, a library and a dining room. The couple never permanently moved to Goddards and, in 1914, the house was leased to Arthur Gibbs, who purchased it outright in 1925. Goddards
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2496-551: The oil paintings at Goddards are by Lutyens's father, Charles Augustus Lutyens (1829–1917), and have been lent by his family to the Landmark Trust. Several of the watercolours are by Ethel Hall. In the library is a likeness of Edwin Lutyens by Meredith Frampton , which is an engraving of the portrait in the Art Workers' Guild . In the sitting room is a portrait of Noeline Hall by Will Longstaff . The date-stone above
2574-402: The "curiously shaped paving stones… give the space an architectural character." The east garden is screened from the road by a boundary hedge containing beech , elm , hawthorn and holly , thought to pre-date the house. The original yew hedges, planted in 1898, are still in place. The outer garden is defined by shrubbery on the north side, a ha-ha to the west and the present car park to
2652-424: The 1910 additions may not have been completely successful and notes that Donald and Mary Mirrielees never permanently moved to Goddards, only using the house to host weekend parties. He further comments: "What is remarkable today is the extent to which the original character of Goddards survived… Perhaps [Lutyens] was too reticent in his conversion… satisfying neither the taste for luxury nor romance…" The majority of
2730-558: The 2008 draft legislation was abandoned, Historic England (then part of English Heritage) published a single list of all designated heritage assets within England in 2011. The National Heritage List for England is an online searchable database which includes 400,000 English Listings, this includes individual listed buildings, groups of multiple listed buildings which share the same listing, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, protected historic wrecks and registered battlefields and World Heritage Sites in one place. The 400,000 in
2808-763: The DCLG published Planning Policy Statement 5 , "Planning for the Historic Environment". This replaced PPG15 and set out the government's national policies on the conservation of the historic environment in England. PPS5 was supported by a Practice Guide, endorsed by the DCLG, the DCMS, and English Heritage, which explained how to apply the policies stated in PPS5. In December 2010, the Department for Communities and Local Government announced that in England all PPSs and Planning Policy Guidance Notes would be replaced by
2886-516: The Evelyn family. The name is from "Goddards Cottage", which dates from the 17th century and still stands to the south-east of the Lutyens house. The 2.8 ha (10-acre) plot is on Abinger Common in Surrey , northwest of Leith Hill , and is almost 180 m (590 ft) above ordnance datum . In 1898, Frederick Mirrielees, who had made his money in shipping, commissioned Edwin Lutyens to design
2964-665: The Firestone demolition, the Secretary of State for the Environment , Michael Heseltine , also initiated a complete re-survey of buildings to ensure that everything that merited preservation was on the lists. In England, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) works with Historic England (an agency of the DCMS), and other government departments, e.g. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and
3042-519: The Government's Heritage Protection Reform (HPR) report in July 2003 by the DCMS, entitled "Protecting our historic environment: Making the system work better", asked questions about how the current designation systems could be improved. The HPR decision report "Review of Heritage Protection: The Way Forward", a green paper published in June 2004 by the DCMS, committed the UK government and English Heritage to
3120-550: The Planning and Development Act 2000, although the statutory term in Ireland is " protected structure ". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency. In England and Wales , a national amenity society must be notified of any work to be done on a listed building which involves any element of demolition. Exemption from secular listed building control
3198-666: The Twentieth century , Tim Richardson writes: " Orchards and Goddards, particularly, seem to suggest both grandeur and humility at the same time – the Holy Grail for the English sensibility." In his 2009 book, The Iconic house , Dominic Bradbury says of Goddards: "the nature of its use led to the supremacy of an almost Shaker -like simplicity within, rather than the atmosphere of Lutyens's great country houses." He further comments: "This intriguing combination of old and new – within
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3276-696: The UK's architectural heritage; England alone has 14,500 listed places of worship (4,000 Grade I, 4,500 Grade II* and 6,000 Grade II) and 45% of all Grade I listed buildings are places of worship. Some of the listed churches are no longer in use; between 1969 and 2010, some 1,795 churches were closed by the Church of England , equalling roughly 11% of the stock, with about a third listed as Grade I or Grade II. The criteria for listing include architectural interest, historic interest and close historical associations with significant people or events. Buildings not individually noteworthy may still be listed if they form part of
3354-549: The architectural and historic interest. The Secretary of State, who may seek additional advice from others, then decides whether to list or delist the building. In England, the authority for listing is granted to the Secretary of State by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 . Listed buildings in danger of decay are listed on the Historic England 'Heritage at Risk' Register . In 1980, there
3432-557: The building. Until the passing of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 an application for a Certificate of Immunity from Listing (CoI) could only be made if planning permission was being sought or had been obtained in England. However, the changes brought about by the Act means that now anyone can ask the Secretary of State to issue a Certificate of Immunity in respect of a particular building at any time. In England and Wales,
3510-411: The canted bay windows . The house is built around three sides of a courtyard, with splayed wings, likened to a "butterfly", oriented towards the late-afternoon and evening sun. Although the general plan is symmetrical, Daniel O'Neill notes: "No sooner did Lutyens set up a symmetrical scheme than he started to break it down in a way seemingly arbitrary, though actually carefully controlled". For example,
3588-407: The decision to list a building may be made on the basis of the architectural or historic interest of one small part of the building, the listing protection nevertheless applies to the whole building. Listing applies not just to the exterior fabric of the building itself, but also to the interior, fixtures, fittings, and objects within the curtilage of the building even if they are not fixed. De-listing
3666-472: The entrance from the west-facing courtyard is positioned at the south end of the common room, rather than in the centre, and this imbalance is accentuated by a dormer window above. O'Neill observes that these and similar asymmetric features temper the dominance of the tall, paired chimney stacks. Since its original intended use was as a holiday home, the Mirrilees family did not request luxury furnishings. As
3744-810: The four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England , Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland , Cadw in Wales , and the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland . The classification schemes differ between England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (see sections below). The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland , where buildings are protected under
3822-553: The front door bears the letters "MCM" which represent the year of completion of the house (1900) in Roman numerals and also the initials of the Mirrielees' daughter, Margaret Celia Mirrielees. The organ pipes carved into the stone are a pun on the family surname "Mirrielees – merry lees". The west-facing courtyard garden sits between the two wings of the house and is overlooked by all the major rooms. Designed by Gertrude Jekyll, it
3900-602: The highest grade, as follows: There was formerly a non-statutory Grade III , which was abolished in 1970. Additionally, Grades A, B and C were used mainly for Anglican churches in active use, loosely corresponding to Grades I, II and III. These grades were used mainly before 1977, although a few buildings are still listed using these grades. In 2010, listed buildings accounted for about 2% of English building stock. In March 2010, there were about 374,000 list entries, of which 92% were Grade II, 5.5% were Grade II* and 2.5% were Grade I. Places of worship are an important part of
3978-460: The house from her family. Bill and Noeline Hall bought Goddards in 1953. They were responsible for commissioning the detached garage , designed by Wildblood and Hall in 1981. In the same year, the Halls hosted an exhibition on Lutyens, which helped to revive interest both in the architect's work and in the wider Arts and Crafts movement. Their son Lee, an architect, died in 1988 and the couple donated
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#17327837797194056-425: The house to the Lutyens Trust in 1991 in his memory. The plaque in the common room by Richard Kindersley , is also dedicated to him. Goddards was opened to pre-booked visitors in 1991. The Landmark Trust leased most of the house from the Lutyens Trust in 1996 and began a programme of restoration to return it to its 1910 configuration. The work included the relocation of the kitchen, which had been moved in 1953, and
4134-423: The latter room has wooden panelling. The dining room incorporates decorative features in the styles of the 16th and 18th centuries, which give the false impression that the room has been developed and modified over a long period of time. The fireplaces in the two well-lit bedrooms incorporate a decorative hexagonal keystone and are flanked by built-in wardrobes. The architectural historian Brian Edwards suggests that
4212-410: The listing should not be confused with the actual number of listed buildings, which will be much larger than the listing, because a listing can include more than one building that share the same listing number. The legislative frameworks for each type of historic asset remains unchanged. A photographic library of English listed buildings was started in 1999 as a snapshot of buildings listed at the turn of
4290-536: The management of listed buildings is the responsibility of local planning authorities and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (i.e., not DCMS, which originally listed the building). There is a general principle that listed buildings are put to 'appropriate and viable use' and recognition that this may involve the re-use and modification of the building. However, listed buildings cannot be modified without first obtaining Listed Building Consent through
4368-495: The millennium. This is not an up-to-date record of all listed buildings in England – the listing status and descriptions are only correct as at February 2001. The photographs were taken between 1999 and 2008. It is maintained by the Historic England archive at the Images of England project website. The National Heritage List for England contains the up-to-date list of listed buildings. Richard Kindersley Richard Kindersley
4446-671: The owners are often required to use specific materials or techniques. Although most sites appearing on the lists are buildings, other structures such as bridges, monuments, sculptures, war memorials, milestones and mileposts , and the Abbey Road zebra crossing made famous by the Beatles , are also listed. Ancient, military, and uninhabited structures, such as Stonehenge , are sometimes instead classified as scheduled monuments and are protected by separate legislation. Cultural landscapes such as parks and gardens are currently "listed" on
4524-577: The process slightly predated the war with the Marquess of Bute (in his connections to the National Trust for Scotland ) commissioning the architect Ian Lindsay in September 1936 to survey 103 towns and villages based on an Amsterdam model using three categories (A, B and C). The basis of the current more comprehensive listing process was developed from the wartime system. It was enacted by
4602-539: The relevant local planning authority. In Wales, applications are made using a form obtained from the relevant local authority. There is no provision for consent to be granted in outline. When a local authority is disposed to grant listed building consent, it must first notify the Welsh Parliament ( i.e. Cadw ) of the application. If the planning authority decides to refuse consent, it may do so without any reference to Cadw. Carrying out unauthorised works to
4680-459: The removal of partitions that had divided some of the rooms into smaller spaces. As part of the same project, the external brickwork and stonework was repaired, including the partial rebuilding of one of the chimneys on the north side of the house. The house was reopened to pre-booked visitors in 1997. Goddards was given grade II* listed building status in February 1972. The house can be rented as
4758-571: The responsibility for the listing process rests with the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities , which took over the built heritage functions of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (formerly the Environment and Heritage Service) following the break up of the Department of the Environment. Following the introduction of listing, an initial survey of Northern Ireland's building stock
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4914-533: The rigour of carrying them out are at odds with exasperation at their ostentation." O'Neill is also critical of the wing extensions added during the 1910 remodelling: "One cannot help thinking that Lutyens was trying too hard for sculptural effect in the build-up of small roof sections." In contrast, the architectural historian, Gavin Stamp , writes: "These new end wings are superb examples of Lutyens's handling of form, with wall planes stepped back by slated slopes... –
4992-456: The scheme must meet certain criteria – "a three-fold test which involved considering size, permanence and degree of physical attachment" – referred to as the Skerritts test in reference to a previous legal case in England. Both Historic Environment Scotland and Cadw produce guidance for owners. In England, to have a building considered for listing or delisting, the process is to apply to
5070-413: The secretary of state; this can be done by submitting an application form online to Historic England . The applicant does not need to be the owner of the building to apply for it to be listed. Full information including application form guidance notes are on the Historic England website. Historic England assesses buildings put forward for listing or delisting and provides advice to the Secretary of State on
5148-472: The single-storey arcade is supported by brick arches which lead into the orchard and which, according to Dominic Bradbury, "help to define a functional, yet quietly beautiful space." The carvings on the walls were taken from a demolished manor house in Wandsworth and are dated 1707. The original skittles and balls are still kept at Goddards. When Goddards was given to Donald and Mary Mirrielees in 1910, it
5226-592: The south. Millstones are set into the paving in all three garden areas. The largest, in the east garden, is 1.5 m (60 in) in diameter and is thought to have come from a bark -grinding mill at Godalming . The smallest stones, in the west courtyard, are 60 cm (23.5 in) in diameter and may have formed part of a hand-powered mill. Most of the stones are thought to have originated from quarries in Derbyshire , although five are thought to be burrstones from France. In his 2005 book, English Gardens in
5304-483: The writer Dominic Bradbury notes: "The restrained and sometimes utilitarian interiors let the craftsmanship shine through." The historian, Jane Ridley , notes that the internal features such as the timberwork, larder ventilators and decorative ironmongery were influenced by ideas later expounded in Gertrude Jekyll 's book, Old West Surrey , published in 1904. The common room, modelled on an open medieval hall,
5382-484: Was also added in the north wing; central heating and electrical wiring were installed for the first time. Lutyens also erected the timber-framed, 17th century barn , now the house known as "High Barn", which he relocated from Slinfold , West Sussex . Frederick Mirrielees died in January 1914 and Goddards was leased to Arthur Gibbs, a banker. Mirrielees' widow, Mary, died in 1925 and, two years later, Gibbs purchased
5460-533: Was also used as a rest home for soldiers injured in the Second Boer War . In 1910, Mirrielees commissioned Lutyens to convert Goddards into a residence for his son, Donald, and daughter-in-law, Mary Pangbourne. The architect extended the two wings, creating a dining room and a library on the ground floor and two new bedrooms on the first floor. The modifications included partitioning the loft gallery into three bedrooms for domestic servants. A further bedroom
5538-531: Was awarded grade II* listed building status in February 1972. The house was donated to the Lutyens Trust in 1991, which continues to occupy the library. Most of the building has been leased by the Landmark Trust since 1996. A restoration project took place in the 1990s and Goddards is open to visitors by prior arrangement. The land for Goddards was originally part of the Wotton Estate, owned by
5616-564: Was begun in 1974. By the time of the completion of this First Survey in 1994, the listing process had developed considerably, and it was therefore decided to embark upon a Second Survey, which is still ongoing, to update and cross-check the original information. Information gathered during this survey, relating to both listed and unlisted buildings, is entered into the publicly accessible Northern Ireland Buildings Database. A range of listing criteria, which aim to define architectural and historic interest, are used to determine whether or not to list
5694-496: Was intended to be low-maintenance and lacks the large herbaceous borders and pergola structures typical of her work. The focal point is a well pond in the centre, surrounded by silvery-grey foliage that adds structure to the space. A vine planted by Jekyll in 1900 survives in 2024. Judith Tankard suggests that the courtyard garden was inspired by the paved north court at Munstead Wood , which Jekyll and Lutyens had designed two years before starting work on Goddards, and considers that
5772-490: Was public outcry at the sudden destruction of the art deco Firestone Tyre Factory ( Wallis, Gilbert and Partners , 1928–29). It was demolished over the August bank holiday weekend by its owners Trafalgar House , who had been told that it was likely to be 'spot-listed' a few days later. In response, the government undertook to review arrangements for listing buildings in order to protect worthy ones from such demolition. After
5850-507: Was replaced in 2024 with Wales-specific heritage legislation. In Wales, the authority for listing is granted to the Welsh Ministers by section 76 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023, although the listing system is in practice administered by Cadw . There have been several attempts to simplify the heritage planning process for listed buildings in England. As of 2021, few changes had been implemented. The review process
5928-516: Was started in February 2000 by Alan Howarth , then minister at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The outcome was the paper "Power of Place" in December 2000, followed by the subsequent policy document "The Historic Environment: A Force for Our Future", published by the DCMS and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DTLR) in December 2001. The launch of
6006-696: Was that the existing registers of buildings, parks and gardens, archaeology and battlefields, maritime wrecks, and World Heritage Sites be merged into a single online register that will "explain what is special and why". English Heritage would become directly responsible for identifying historic assets in England and there would be wider consultation with the public and asset owners, and new rights of appeal. There would have been streamlined systems for granting consent for work on historic assets. After several years of consultation with heritage groups, charities, local planning authorities, and English Heritage, in March 2010,
6084-410: Was unsuitable as a country home for a wealthy Edwardian couple. In particular, it lacked a master bedroom and bathrooms, and there were no suitable spaces for hosting parties. By extending the two wings to the west, two new bedrooms could be provided on the first floor, each with a reception room below. The library and dining room, on the ground floor, are each dominated by an ingle-nook fireplace, and
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