%0 Journal Article
%T Conserving Heritage Tiles on the London Underground: Challenges and Approaches
%A Kate Fulcher
%J Papers from the Institute of Archaeology
%D 2013
%I Ubiquity Press
%R 10.5334/pia.402
%X The London Underground is the oldest Underground railway in the world. Some of its stations are now over a century old, and many others have important historical associations. A great number of the early stations were tiled in distinctive schemes, leaving London Underground with an enormous amount of tiling heritage to care for in a transport network that has to continue offering a customer focussed service on a daily basis. This paper discusses the difficulties this presents to London Underground in its efforts to conserve its heritage tiling, and the approaches they have taken. Both London Underground¡¯s and the heritage community¡¯s attitudes to large scale architectural conservation have changed over time, so from an initial approach of retention of all viable original material, they have moved on to a more considered aim of holistic station conservation, focusing on the architect¡¯s intent and the ¡°feel¡± of a station. It is not only London Underground who have been involved in the work affecting heritage tiling, and the impact of other parties is also discussed.
%K conservation
%K London
%K heritage
%K underground
%K architecture
%K tiles
%U http://pia-journal.co.uk/article/view/365