The Georgian Group is an English

England

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 and Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 conservation organisation created to campaign for the preservation of historic buildings and planned landscapes of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Founded in 1937, the Group was originally part of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

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.

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner

Nikolaus Pevsner

Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...

, the poet

Poet

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 and author

Author

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 Sir John Betjeman

John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman, CBE was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack".He was a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture...

, Sir John Summerson

John Summerson

Sir John Newenham Summerson CH CBE was one of the leading British architectural historians of the 20th century....

, Robert Byron

Robert Byron

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, the architect

Architect

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 Sir Albert Richardson

Albert Richardson

Sir Albert Edward Richardson K.C.V.O., F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A., was a leading English architect, teacher and writer about architecture during the first half of the 20th century...

, and Sir Osbert Sitwell

Osbert Sitwell

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 were among its most prominent early active members.

Since 1971, the Georgian Group has been a 'National Amenity Society'. The organisation acts as a statutory consultee in the planning process in England and Wales, when consideration is being given to proposals to alter or demolish listed buildings dating, in whole or in part, from between 1700 and 1840. (In Scotland

Scotland

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 the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland

Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland

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 is the relevant statutory consultee).

Its present headquarters is at 6 Fitzroy Square

Fitzroy Square

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, London

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 W1, a large Robert Adam

Robert Adam

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 townhouse. Its extensive library and an important collection of architectural watercolours and engravings, the Pardoe Collection, are housed within its headquarters and are available for public examination by appointment.

Although it generally relies on the assistance of volunteers, the Georgian Group employs specialist regional caseworkers to undertake its advisory work within the planning process. Any member of the public can ask the Group for assistance in preventing the destruction of a Georgian

Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840. It is eponymous for the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I of Great Britain, George II of Great Britain, George III of the United...

 building, although the Group's resources are limited. There are four casework regions: London and the South East, Central and Northern England, South West England and the Cotswolds, and Wales. The caseworkers are responsible to a committee of expert advisors. The Group also publishes works on the care and restoration of Georgian buildings and interiors.

Recent senior caseworkers include Clare Campbell MA, Andrew Martindale BA, John Neale BA and James Darwin BA. Dr John Martin Robinson

John Martin Robinson

John Martin Robinson, FSA is a British architectural historian and officer of arms.He was born in Preston, Lancashire and educated at the Benedictine school at Fort Augustus, the University of St Andrews and matriculated to Oriel College, Oxford University for his DPhil in 1970...

 FSA is the present [2007] Casework Panel Chairman and is also, with Dr David Watkin (historian)

David Watkin (historian)

David John Watkin, MA PhD LittD Hon FRIBA FSA is a British architectural historian. He is an Emeritus Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Professor Emeritus of History of Architecture in the Department of History of Art at the University of Cambridge...

, Deputy Chairman. The Chairman is Lady Nutting OBE. The Group's Secretary is Robert Bargery.