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30 significance of the building, in this case, is more important than the calculation of the sophisticated and intellectual measure of value in cultural significance. There is much discussion throughout all of the literature regarding the ‘value’ of cultural significance.Alongside the varied approaches towards conservation, value of the historic buildings and structures is seen as intrinsic. To what extent, to an organisation not interested in cultural significance, does value and worth become interchangeable? PPG15 (recently replaced by the drafting of PPS5) discusses the responsibility we – the current generation – have to value and protect the physical survivals of the past (DETR. 1994), yet value can broken down into a myriad of layers. If historic properties are to be valued, then the associated social, cultural, aesthetic, contextual, architectural and historical elements are all of equal merit. Values are difficult to quantify. The very nature of the diversity of the properties listed within the UK represent the different forms that value can take within different societies and communities. Rypkema (as cited in Tornback, D. in Forsyth, M. 2007:p204) follows this argument, citing that economic value should be the primary consideration and justification underpinning the continued use of historic buildings within the 21st century. The principles of cultural significance are set out in the Burra Charter (ICOMOS, 1988) and whilst it states many of the same typologies as mentioned above, the definition allows for individuals to relate to and identify the varied levels of importance that are specific to them and the place. Quantification of the qualitative values and notions regarding cultural THREE Three•Three The value of cultural significance Chapter Three - Literature Review Aimee Felton