(in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
Examples of 'listed building' in a sentence
listed building
But she had not been able to do this because of that irritating business of its being a listed building.
Ferrars, Elizabeth THY BROTHER DEATH
And the deal was almost through when the chap discovered that its being a listed building meant that he couldn't even enlarge the windows.
Ferrars, Elizabeth THY BROTHER DEATH
One of the difficulties about it was that it was a listed building.