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Major accessions to repositories in 2018 relating to Architecture, Building and Construction

Local

Archifau Ynys Mon / Anglesey Archives

  • Unnamed builder, Beaumaris: day books, possibly of J D Roberts and Griffith Roberts 1922-1935 (WM/2666)

Archives and Cornish Studies Service (formerly Cornwall Record Office)

  • Edmund Sedding (1836-1868), architect and musician: mss and tss draft (part only) of 'Norman Architecture in Cornwall' with notes on the old Cornish Saints 1908-1909 (AD2582)
  • Rosemarie Lewsey, (fl 1999), illustrator: illustrations of Cornwall's historic monuments for publication 'The Romance of the Stones' c1999 (AD2572)

Bath Record Office

  • Avon Industrial Buildings Trust: papers and photographs rel to the Midford Aqueduct and Somerset Coal Canal restoration projects 2004 (1232)
  • The Bath Society: records of campaigns rel to town planning and architecture in Bath 1977-2013 (1285)

Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service

  • Interserve plc, construction and support services: additional records of RM Douglas Construction Ltd and Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd 1920-2003 (MS 4901 Additional)

Bristol Archives

  • Mike Jenner (1928-2017), architect and architectural historian: slides showing Bristol landmarks and buildings of architectural significance c1970-1989 (46112)
  • Nott Brodie & Co Ltd, civil engineers and builders, Bristol: papers incl promotional brochure and work projects c1970-1975 (46204)

Cheshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Joseph Parks and Son Ltd, structural steelwork construction engineers of Northwich: photographs and photograph albums of structural projects in the UK and worldwide 1929-1986 (D 9087)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle

  • Thomas Altham & Son Ltd, ironfounders, ironmongers and builders merchants: financial and administrative records 1905-2002 (DB 97)
  • Cumberland County Council: highways department files and bridge registers (3) c1926-1976 (C)
  • Carlisle City Council: deeds rel to properties in Carlisle 16th-20th cent (CA)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal

  • Kendal Prison: plan of the prison 1879 (WDX 1980)

Derbyshire Record Office

  • Armitage & Smith, Architects, Dore: drawings of domestic, commercial and industrial buildings (transferred from Sheffield Archives, ref X672) c1940-1970 (D8174)

Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)

  • John Roque, surveyor and cartographer: plan of Exeter, incl drawings of Exeter Cathedral, Hospital and River Exe 1744 (4110Z/34; acc D2018/56)

Dorset History Centre

  • Blaisdon Village Hall Committee: documents rel to the Bladen estate incl drawings by Macdonal Gill (1884-1947), artist and architect 1902-1955 (D-1577)
  • Encombe Manor: architect's drawings and photographs 2009 (D-2905)
  • Unnamed architect: drawings and photographs 2009 (D-2904)

Durham County Record Office

  • John Lowes & Sons Ltd, builders and marble works, Co Durham: wages book 1899-1916 (D/X 2143)
  • Chester-le-Street District Council: Civic Centre: records incl design report, plans and architectural journals 1970-1979 (ND/CS)

East Sussex Record Office

  • Colin Humphrey, architect, Wilmington: drawings and papers rel to barn conversions 1978-2016 (ACC 13050)

Glamorgan Archives

  • Barnes & Talbot, builders, Abercynon: records incl tenders and plans for work for local authorities and National Coal Board, with deeds to family properties of Walter Richard Barnes 1896-1991 (D1590)

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Lee Bros Ltd, builders, Aldershot: records incl sales, day books, accounts, purchases, records rel to employees, photographs of properties built 1894-1984 (74A18)

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

  • John S Bonnington Partnership, architects, St Albans: records 20th cent (6098)

Hounslow and Feltham Local Studies Service

  • DP9 Consultancy Ltd, London: part of Rectory Farm, Cranford Heston planning application to create a warehouse complex with public park, on behalf of Formal Investments, investment and asset management, Cheltenham 2018 (HALS/ARC 484)

Huntingdonshire Archives

  • C G Tebbutt, timber merchants, St Neots: records 1935-1991 (5970)
  • Holmewood House, Holme: plans and drawings late 19th cent (5962)
  • Peggy Palmer (fl 1955-1960), photographer: photographs of building exteriors in Alconbury, Aconbury Weston, Brington, Buckden, Grafham, Hamerton, Holywell, Ramsey and Spaldwick c1955-1960 (6009)

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for

  • Flint and Shenton, surveyors, Leicester: plan of proposed new arrangement of Leicester Racecourse 1855 (DE9710)

Liverpool Record Office

  • Des McConaghy (fl 1969-2009), architect, public servant and academic: personal papers 1969-2009 (ACC7168)
  • David Stenhouse (fl 1970), academic: photographs of office development in Liverpool c1970-1979 (ACC 7206)
  • Hill & Co, builders: accounts 1893-1964 (ACC 7229)

London Metropolitan Archives: City of London

  • George Edmund Street (1824-1881), architect: design for reredos, for St Mary Magdalene parish, Woodchester Street, Paddington c1860-1870 (B18/089)

Norfolk Record Office

  • Geoffrey Watling Limited, property developers, Norwich: deeds and papers 1884-1997 (ACC 2017/182)
  • Irelands Arnold Keys, Land Agents, Norwich: property sales registers c1913-1968 (BR 401)
  • Anthony Paul Rossi, architect, Walsingham: papers rel to the restoration of the Paston Barn complex c1988-2008 (ACC 2018/34)

North Devon Record Office (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Clinton Estate: building expenses book 1851-1853 (B1357)

North East Lincolnshire Archives

  • Brown & Buttrick, architects, Scunthorpe and Winterton: building plans rel to Brown & Buttrick incl the predecessor firms of W H Buttrick, Derek W Brown and Buttrick & Buttrick c1927-1988 (1472; 2018/021)

North Yorkshire County Record Office

  • Oakleys, builders, Yorkshire: records incl ledgers and wages books 1866-1870 (ZOF)

Northamptonshire Archives

  • Gotch Pearson, Architects: plans of buildings in and around Northamptonshire c1960-2010
  • Wyatt, architects: plans, elevations and layouts showing proposed alterations to Fawsley Hall 1813 (N306)

Nottinghamshire Archives

  • Cooper, Tate, Marsden and partners, architects, Nottingham: plans, sections and elevations of various buildings c1930-1949 (9324)
  • Photographs of street lighting in Nottinghamshire, incl of the first concrete street lights c1940-1960 (9439)

Perth and Kinross Council Archive

  • David Beveridge Ltd, builders and contractors, Perth: cash books and other financial records, draft letter books 1910-1965 (18/01)

Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

  • Pearn and Proctor of Plymouth, architects: reports, plans and drawings c1950-2010 (4200)

Portsmouth History Centre

  • Portsmouth and Southsea Self-Build Housing Society: records 20th cent (3235A)

Shropshire Archives

  • WH Smith & Co (Whitchurch) Ltd, ironfounders and agricultural and structural engineers: papers 20th cent (9425)

Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Donati Architects, Minehead: records incl accounts and photographs c1950-1979 (A/EMM)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

  • Saunders Ltd, stonemasons and concrete specialist, Ipswich: documents and papers incl accounts, illustrations and ephemera 1898-1990s (HC612)
  • Bundles (11) of architects plans of Ipswich Schools incl plans by architectural firm Johns & Slater (1947-1950) 1873-1957 (HD4152)

Tyne and Wear Archives

  • David Edward Hugh Jones (1938-2017), chemist and author: colour transparencies of The Hoppings, Tyne and Byker Bridges Byker Wall, MEA House and Newcastle Quayside c1970-1999 (5829)
  • Photographs and other documentation rel to demolition of Killingworth tower blocks 1987-1988 (DX1714)
  • Benjamin and John Green, architects: papers and diary detailing trip to Paris 1822-1858 (5860)

West Sussex Record Office

  • Peter Fleming, architect, Chichester: practice records c1935-1991 (19332)
  • Sena Sugar Estates, Mozambique: architect plans and drawings of estate factories 1907-1926 (19109)

Wirral Archives Service

  • FJ Broadbent & Son, builders: business records incl accounts and letter books 1896-1991 (2344)

Wolverhampton City Archives

  • Carillion plc, building and construction, Wolverhampton: photographs, publicity material and publications c1990-2009 (Acc 2873)

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service

  • Ronald Anstey (fl 1946-1947), of Worcester: records rel to design and construction of Worcester waterworks extension c1945-1947 (BA16257)

National

British Library, Manuscript Collections

  • Charles Bacon (1784-1818), architect: architectural notebooks 1810-1817 (Add MS 89351)
  • William Richard Lethaby (1857-1931), architect and historian: corresp rel to research into the history and construction of the Hagia Sophia, and Egyptian antiquities 1894-1907 (Add MS 89346)

Historic England Archive

  • Stephen Croad (1946-2017), architectural historian: 35mm slides and photographs of historic buildings c1970-2000 (CRO01)
  • Andor Gomme (1930-2008), architectural historian: 35mm slides, photographs and research papers rel to UK buildings c1970-2000 (GOM01)
  • Stanley Jones (1927-2017), art teacher and architectural historian: research notebooks and measured drawings of UK historical buildings c1954-1990 (SJC01)
  • Stafford Linsley (fl 1968-2017), industrial archaeologist and architectural historian: measured drawings of industrial buildings in north-east England c1968-1984 (SLC01)
  • David Lloyd (1925-2018), architectural historian: 35mm slides showing UK buildings c1960-1990 (DWL01)
  • John McCann (fl 1928-2018), architectural historian: 35mm slides rel to UK historic buildings c1980-2000 (JXM01)
  • Gavin Mark Stamp (1948-2017), architectural historian: 35mm slides and photographs showing UK buildings c1968-2000 (GSS01)
  • Trevor Smithers, photographer: 35mm slides showing UK cinemas and theatres c1970-1990 (NWC01)
  • Historic Buildings Council for England: files (c1500) c1950-1980 (ACC707)

Island Archives, Guernsey

  • Thomas Fiott De Havilland (1775-1866), military engineer and architect: misc corresp 1811-1836 (AQ 1085)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

  • James Byres (1734-1817), architect: notebook of accounts with Patrick Moir 1790 (Acc. 13900)

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

  • Sir Charles Lanyon (1813-1889), knight, civil engineer: plans, sections and drawings for improvements to the Coast Road, County Antrim 1842-1846 (D4698/UNL/1)
  • H & J Martin Builders, Belfast, Co Antrim: papers incl indentures, certificate of registration and incorporation 1860-1994 (D4662/UNL/1)

Tate Gallery Archive

  • Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960), Knight, architect: architectural drawings of Bankside Power Station 1944-1947 (TGA 20181/4-7)

V&A Archive of Art and Design

  • Tony Fretton (b1945), architect: drawings 1993-1998 (AAD/2017/10)
  • Philip Speakman Webb (1831-1915), architect: papers and diaries 1870-1913 (AAD/2018/2)

Special

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

  • Gavin Mark Stamp (1948-2017), architectural historian: corresp, images, articles, research notes and unpublished material c1970-2016 (GMS)

University

Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections

  • Eric Alan Ambrose Rowse (1896-1982), architectural educator: papers 20th cent (SC-Acc-2018-0158)

Manchester Metropolitan University Library

  • William Ronald Trenbath & Valerie Antonia Trenbath, architects: architectural plans and drawings, incl student and professional work 1902-1987 (TRE)

Museum of English Rural Life

  • Tim Gale, landscape architect: project files incl for Shoreditch Park, Green Park in Reading and John Scurr House in Stepney c1998-2002 (DX2249)
  • Anthony du Gard Pasley, landscape architect: personal and business papers incl project files, drafts of 'Garden and Landscape', corresp, photographs and diaries c1930-2010 (DX2233)

Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections

  • Cecil Howitt & Partners, architects and surveyors, Nottingham: copy plans of proposed houses for Wortley Hall Close, University Park, University of Nottingham 1953 (MS 1500: acc 2958)

Strathclyde University Archives

  • David Alexander Graham (1878-1957), joiner and clerk of works: student drawings, examination papers and notes for classes in carpentry and joinery, construction and geological drawing at the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, Glasgow, some material produced by Menzies Graham (b1910), civil engineer and town planner 1906-1934 (Accession 1690)

University of Liverpool: Special Collections and Archives

  • William Henderson, University of Liverpool Architecture student: architectural drawings 1930-1949 (D1176)

University of Reading: Special Collections

  • Frank Duffy, architect: recorded interview 2009 (MS 5663)