Main Criteria for Listing Selection

The following are the main criteria which the Department applies as appropriate in deciding which buildings to include in the statutory list. Not all these criteria will be relevant to every case, but a building may qualify for listing under more than one of them. (a) architectural interest - buildings of importance in the context of Northern Ireland for their architectural design, decoration or craftsmanship. Also important are examples of particular building types and techniques (e.g. buildings displaying technical innovation or virtuosity) and significant plan forms; (b) historic interest - buildings which relate to important aspects of social, economic and cultural history or which have close historical associations with well known people or events; (c) group value - especially where buildings comprise an important architectural or historic unity or a good example of planning (e.g. squares, terraces or a model village).