Talk:Amenity society

Divisions

This partition into eras is really interesting. Is there a parallel to this in any other country? Would be interesting to emphasize how this evolved in the UK in this article. --Horst-schlaemma (talk) 23:06, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

I can't comment on other countries, but "how this evolved" in the UK is essentially because of the cycle of fashion. Most of the societies were established, at different dates, as pressure groups to campaign for the protection of buildings in styles that had fallen out of fashion. The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings was founded in 1877 to oppose the over-zealous "restoration" of medieval buildings, which too often led to the loss of medieval and post-medieval fabric; the Ancient Monuments Society in 1924 – without, I think, an explicit definition of "ancient", but broadly in accord with the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, which was concerned with pre-1714 buildings; the Georgian Group in 1937 for buildings of 1700–1837, which weren't widely considered historic; the Victorian Society in 1958 for deeply unfashionable buildings of 1837–1914; and the Thirties Society in 1979 for post-1914 buildings, changing its name in 1992 to the Twentieth Century Society in the context of growing concerns about threats to post-War architecture. All were groups of amateur enthusiasts and activists, but from the 1970s onwards have been formally accepted as consultees within the planning process. I agree, some of this could be explained more fully in the article, but it would need work and reliable sources – I don't know of a general authoritative overview anywhere. GrindtXX (talk) 17:21, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

This is really interesting GrindtXX! Maybe you can integrate parts of this information into the article, no need for a central source for all of it. Much appreciated! Best, --Horst-schlaemma (talk) 11:05, 29 March 2021 (UTC)