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| National Heritage List: Slough trading estate among new additions | National Heritage List: Slough trading estate among new additions |
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| Buildings across England considered post-modern in design including a Slough trading estate have been given listed status. | Buildings across England considered post-modern in design including a Slough trading estate have been given listed status. |
| The 17 structures, which also include houses and schools, have been added to the National Heritage List for England. | The 17 structures, which also include houses and schools, have been added to the National Heritage List for England. |
| A crown court in Cornwall and housing schemes in London's Docklands are also on the list. | A crown court in Cornwall and housing schemes in London's Docklands are also on the list. |
| Post-modern architecture emerged in the 1970s in reaction to modernism but fell out of favour before a revival in 2011. | Post-modern architecture emerged in the 1970s in reaction to modernism but fell out of favour before a revival in 2011. |
| Commercial buildings recognised | Commercial buildings recognised |
| Slough's McKay Trading Estate has been Grade II listed. | Slough's McKay Trading Estate has been Grade II listed. |
| Patience Trevor, Historic England's Senior Listings Adviser said: "Rather than the functional, modernist box you might expect... it's a very elegant and distinctive building. It's dignified, but strong and robust at the same time". | Patience Trevor, Historic England's Senior Listings Adviser said: "Rather than the functional, modernist box you might expect... it's a very elegant and distinctive building. It's dignified, but strong and robust at the same time". |
| Last year, a survey found Slough was the best place to work and live. | Last year, a survey found Slough was the best place to work and live. |
| Also Grade II listed is a business park near Bristol, that is "injected with glamour" and "features circular forecourts following the turning circle of a car". | Also Grade II listed is a business park near Bristol, that is "injected with glamour" and "features circular forecourts following the turning circle of a car". |
| Thematic House, Kensington and Chelsea, London | Thematic House, Kensington and Chelsea, London |
| Renowned historian and architecture critic Charles Jencks designed Thematic House, which has been Grade I listed. | |
| London's Docklands - four buildings get Grade II status | London's Docklands - four buildings get Grade II status |
| China Wharf, Cascades, Newlands Quay and Swedish Quays were all given the third level of listing protection and were built between 1982 and 1990. | China Wharf, Cascades, Newlands Quay and Swedish Quays were all given the third level of listing protection and were built between 1982 and 1990. |
| A number of other London terraces and blocks of flats were listed in Kensington, Hackney and Islington as has the Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. | A number of other London terraces and blocks of flats were listed in Kensington, Hackney and Islington as has the Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. |
| Educational buildings | Educational buildings |
| Judge Business School in Cambridge was given the second highest listing status, Grade II*. | Judge Business School in Cambridge was given the second highest listing status, Grade II*. |
| The Katharine Stephen Rare Books Library at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the Gough Building at Bryanston School in Dorset, were both Grade II listed. | The Katharine Stephen Rare Books Library at Newnham College, Cambridge, and the Gough Building at Bryanston School in Dorset, were both Grade II listed. |
| You may also be interested in: | You may also be interested in: |
| Truro Crown Court - the only legal building on the list | Truro Crown Court - the only legal building on the list |
| Historic England said the Cornwall court's architects, Eldred Evans and David Shalev, achieved "a landmark civic complex that is an elegant and sophisticated addition to Truro". | Historic England said the Cornwall court's architects, Eldred Evans and David Shalev, achieved "a landmark civic complex that is an elegant and sophisticated addition to Truro". |
| The building has been Grade II* listed. Its courtrooms are built within complex circular patterns around a naturally-lit atrium. | The building has been Grade II* listed. Its courtrooms are built within complex circular patterns around a naturally-lit atrium. |
| The civic buildings | The civic buildings |
| Hillingdon Civic Centre in Uxbridge and Founders' Hall in the City of London were both Grade II listed. | Hillingdon Civic Centre in Uxbridge and Founders' Hall in the City of London were both Grade II listed. |
| Categories of listed buildings | Categories of listed buildings |
| The system used for listing buildings in England was introduced just over 70 years ago. | The system used for listing buildings in England was introduced just over 70 years ago. |
| A building is listed when it is of special architectural or historic interest considered to be of national importance and therefore worth protecting. | A building is listed when it is of special architectural or historic interest considered to be of national importance and therefore worth protecting. |
| A building's listed status means there will be extra control over what changes can be made to its interior and exterior, which is different for each one that makes the list. | A building's listed status means there will be extra control over what changes can be made to its interior and exterior, which is different for each one that makes the list. |