Guidance on Heritage Designations

Hilsea Lines. Red brick military building with three green doors with brick arches above and two bricked up windows


The Portsmouth Heritage Explorer contains information about nationally designated heritage assets (Scheduled Monuments, Listed Buildings and Registered Parks and Gardens). This information is derived from Historic England data but may not be up to date.

Historic England maintain the only official, up to date, register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England known as the National Heritage List for England. The NHLE should be consulted as the primary source of information for all nationally designated heritage assets.

The depiction of Scheduled Monuments, Listed Buildings and Registered Parks and Gardens shown on the maps on the Portsmouth Heritage Explorer are intended only as a guide. The maps do not mark the curtilages of designated assets.

Historic England should be consulted for all enquiries requiring accurate information for nationally designated heritage assets.