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listed building

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noun

  1. (in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said six engines were sent to The Big Mill, a Grade II listed building in Mill Street, Leek, at 21:22 GMT on Friday.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

It was filmed at architect Silvanus Trevail's The Headland hotel in Cornwall, a five star Grade II listed building.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025

With Prince Andrew mired in scandal, it's a terrible look for the Royal Family to have him living among them in apparent splendour in the Grade II listed building.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

East Ayrshire Council has confirmed that parts of the listed building would need to be demolished "as a matter of urgency".

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

It had been decreed over forty years before that the building, in appearance a small church with a spire, was a listed building of historical interest.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

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