Survivals & Revivals: past views of English architecture

Peckforton Castle, Cheshire

Peckforton Castle, Cheshire

Peckforton Castle, Cheshire (Anthony Salvin, 1850)

This lecture or study-day shows how our present-day view of old buildings and their history is influenced by the attitude of previous generations towards what they regarded as historically important.

It takes examples from –

  • the way in which Gothic and Classical architecture have been used in Britain since the sixteenth century
  • the tendency in the past centuries to recreate or translate genuine historical forms to new purposes
  • the dilemma of preservation and redevelopment,– the set of problems that arises when a built site has reached the apparent end of its useful life, but has also acquired an aesthetic and historical value independent of its practical or commercial value

For background information about sites relevant to this lecture or study-day, please click here.

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