A cut above

By Robert Elwall Robert Elwall 2008-07-01T00:00:00

Source: Henry Dixon / RIBA Library Photographs Collection

The scale of rebuilding in late Victorian Britain spawned numerous bodies devoted to the preservation of historic structures, chief of which was the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

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