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The Oxford Preservation Trust was founded in 1927 to preserve the city of Oxford, England. The Trust seeks to enhance Oxford by encouraging thoughtful development and new design, while protecting historic buildings and green open spaces. The Trust is a registered charity and is run by a board of trustees and an executive committee. It employs five staff including its Director, Debbie Dance. The Trust is a member of the Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board. ==Projects== The Trust's notable projects have included the successful conversion of Oxford Castle in the early 1990s from a county jail into a tourist attraction including a Malmaison hotel. It has also published reports advising on the redevelopment of parts of Oxford including Broad Street and the former site of the terminus of the Oxford Canal opposite the end of George Street. The Trust has an ongoing role in preserving Oxford's green belt. To this end it owns several pieces of land at Boars Hill and elsewhere in and around Oxford. In 2007〔(''Oxford Mail'' 20 November 2007 )〕 and 2008〔(Mail'' 10 September 2008 )〕 the Trust successfully opposed the Bodleian Library's proposal to build a new book depository that would have obstructed a view from Boar's Hill of Oxford's skyline that the poet Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) called the city's "dreaming spires". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oxford Preservation Trust」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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