Figure and ground: an English view of the conservation of historic public spaces

This paper considers some aspects of the way historic public space is understood in England, drawing on a selection of relevant guidance and research published by Historic England. This builds a picture of how public spaces are dealt with in official heritage publications in England, and how this r...

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Main Author: Nigel Walter
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Language:English
Published: Lublin University of Technology 2023-12-01
Series:Ochrona Dziedzictwa Kulturowego
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description This paper considers some aspects of the way historic public space is understood in England, drawing on a selection of relevant guidance and research published by Historic England. This builds a picture of how public spaces are dealt with in official heritage publications in England, and how this relates to international discussion, particularly the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach. This is followed by some reflections on figure-ground mapping, which leads to a brief discussion of the “Townscape” campaign of The Architectural Review. The paper concludes with reflections on the implications for conservation arising from broader perception of city as cultural landscape.
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spelling doaj-art-d3b6dce1525c403a9b80cc4c9a919faa2025-08-02T20:16:49ZengLublin University of TechnologyOchrona Dziedzictwa Kulturowego2543-64222023-12-011610.35784/odk.3609Figure and ground: an English view of the conservation of historic public spacesNigel Walter0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1152-522XDepartment of Archaeology, University of York, The King's Manor, York YO1 7EP This paper considers some aspects of the way historic public space is understood in England, drawing on a selection of relevant guidance and research published by Historic England. This builds a picture of how public spaces are dealt with in official heritage publications in England, and how this relates to international discussion, particularly the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach. This is followed by some reflections on figure-ground mapping, which leads to a brief discussion of the “Townscape” campaign of The Architectural Review. The paper concludes with reflections on the implications for conservation arising from broader perception of city as cultural landscape. https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/odk/article/view/3609Historic Urban LandscapeHistoric EnglandchangeTownscapeGordon Cullen
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Figure and ground: an English view of the conservation of historic public spaces
Ochrona Dziedzictwa Kulturowego
Historic Urban Landscape
Historic England
change
Townscape
Gordon Cullen
title Figure and ground: an English view of the conservation of historic public spaces
title_full Figure and ground: an English view of the conservation of historic public spaces
title_fullStr Figure and ground: an English view of the conservation of historic public spaces
title_full_unstemmed Figure and ground: an English view of the conservation of historic public spaces
title_short Figure and ground: an English view of the conservation of historic public spaces
title_sort figure and ground an english view of the conservation of historic public spaces
topic Historic Urban Landscape
Historic England
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Townscape
Gordon Cullen
url https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/odk/article/view/3609
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