01613 a2200313 4500 1138878383 20250317100421.0 250312042015GB eng 9781138878389 Taylor & Francis GBP 56.99 BB 01 eng NHTB thema DSB thema 1DDU bisac HBTB bic DSB bic 1DBK bisac LIT004120 bisac HIS000000 bisac LIT000000 bisac 363.69060421 bisac Andrea Elizabeth Donovan William Morris and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 1 Oxford Routledge 20150423 178 p The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, founded by artist and craftsman William Morris in 1877, sought to preserve the integrity of historic buildings by preventing unnecessary repairs and additions. William Morris's intention and that of the SPAB, as outlined by the original manifesto, was that buildings of any period had a life that was best protected through the conservative repair of what was falling into ruin and the prevention of injury to buildings by safeguarding them as much as possible and practical. This practice became known as historic preservation. In this study, Donovan, relying upon many original documents from the SPAB archives in London, traces the history of the SPAB from its foundation in nineteenth-century England to its current activities in England and Western Europe. 3417 3417