Heritage asset

These include listed buildings; old buildings that are not listed but still have local historical importance; scheduled monuments; war memorials; historic wreck sites; parks; historic gardens; conservation areas, archaeological sites and so on.

In the UK, the process of protecting the built historic environment (i.e. getting a heritage asset legally protected) is called ‘designation’.

These include listed buildings; old buildings that are not listed but still have local historical importance; scheduled monuments; war memorials; historic wreck sites; parks; historic gardens; conservation areas, archaeological sites and so on.

The various pieces of legislation used for legally protecting heritage assets from damage and destruction are grouped under the term ‘designation’.

'Heritage environment records'(HERs) are also sometimes called 'Sites and Monuments Records'.

These include listed buildings; old buildings that are not listed but still have local historical importance; scheduled monuments; war memorials; historic wreck sites; parks; historic gardens; conservation areas, archaeological sites and so on.

The various pieces of legislation used for legally protecting heritage assets from damage and destruction are grouped under the term ‘designation’.

The term ‘designation’ is used when referring to the formal protection by legal statute for a wide range of heritage assets, including listed buildings and World Heritage Sites as well as many others.

The National Heritage Acts comprise four Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that aimed to alter the way in which Britain's national heritage assets are managed and protected.