OUR WORK
The St. James’s Conservation Trust does not see conservation as turning its back on change. To love the old is not to hate the new.
Every age has its needs, its beauties and its fashions and new things must always be built. However, pulling down something good to put up something less good is not progress. Where the past has left us something irreplaceable, beautiful and still useful, we may accept that it will need to be developed, but we must be very careful how we handle that development. The core area of St. James’s is a prime example of this proposition.
Objects of the Trust:
1. To promote high standards of planning and architecture in or affecting the area.
2. To secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features of historic, or public, interest, in the area.
3. To maintain the character and atmosphere of the area, with its social fabric, collection of ancient shops and gentlemen’s Clubs.
4. To educate the public in the geography, history, natural history and architecture of the area.
The Trust is indebted to the Members and Officers of Westminster City Council for the great support it has received, from them, in its work.
It wishes, also, to acknowledge the co-operation of developers and their architectural advisors in fully informing the Trust of their proposals and in considering the Trust’s views.
The Trust receives active personal and financial support from a number of leading residents and businesses within the area, which support is at the heart of the Trust’s work.
Trustees work entirely unpaid and do not claim expenses.
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