A ‘ghastly interregnum’: the struggle for architectural heritage conservation in Belfast before 1972

This article explores the creation of the system for the conservation of architectural heritage in Northern Ireland, evidencing the struggle for convergence within the UK before 1972. The agency of networked individuals, close state–civil society interrelationships and the innovative actions of cons...

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Published in:Urban history 2018-02, Vol.45 (1), p.150-172
Main Author: MCCLELLAND, ANDREW G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Archaeology
Architecture
Civil society
Conservation
Cultural heritage
Decentralization
Decision making
Historic preservation
History
Industrial archaeology
International relations
Politics
Sovereignty
Victorian period
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Summary:This article explores the creation of the system for the conservation of architectural heritage in Northern Ireland, evidencing the struggle for convergence within the UK before 1972. The agency of networked individuals, close state–civil society interrelationships and the innovative actions of conservationist groups in response to legislative and practice inadequacies in the 1960s are discussed. In particular, a series of ‘pre-statutory lists’ are introduced, highlighting the burgeoning interest in industrial archaeology and Victorian architecture in Belfast and the prompt provided to their creation by redevelopment. The efforts of conservationists were eventually successful after the collapse of Devolution in the early 1970s.
ISSN:0963-9268
1469-8706
DOI:10.1017/S0963926816000870