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Major accessions to repositories in 2021 relating to Architecture, Building and Construction |
Local
- Penzance Borough Council: plans showing route and depth of sewers underneath roads and individual branches to properties in Penzance Borough 1860 (BPENZ/67)
- George Rodney Vaughan Ellis, architect, Liskeard: practice and personal papers, correspondence, drawings and photographs 19th-21st cent (AD2467)
- HH Jones, monumental mason: ledgers (2), rel to work in Tregaron, Llangeitho, and Ystrad Meurig areas 1926-1948 (DB/121)
- Carlisle City Council: vol rel to the construction of Carlisle Public Market, containing original estimates, manuscript designs, drawings and calculations, with article from 'The Builder' 1887-1888 (CA)
- Robert Franklin Redhouse (1872-1957), civil engineer: photographs of the construction of Fernilee Reservoir, including of the temporary village known as "Tin Town" c1930-1939 (D8369)
- Patrick G J Madden, (fl1955), civil engineer: plans and survey report for Willington 'A' Power Station 1955 (D8374)
- TH Thorpe & Partners, architects, Derby: deeds for land in Normanton-by-Derby and Crich, plan with schedule of estate in Belper, agreement concerning Castern Mines near Ilam, Staffordshire and two copies of Crich lead mining c1600-1885 (D8360)
- Watcombe Park, Torquay: historic architectural plans and drawings (37) of Watcombe Park, now known as Brunel Manor, incl sketches, plans and drawings for James R.Crompton 1870s, sale plan c1876, plans of mansion and of proposed improvements for Colonel I. C. Wright 1876-1877, drainage plans for Sir John Edwards Moss 1907, and lithographs by Waterlow and Sons c1873-1900 (WAT)
- William Burges (1827-1881), architect and designer: designs and plans for Cardiff Castle and Castle Coch 1870s-1880s (D1808)
- John May Cardiff Buildings Collection: photographs of buildings due to be demolished 1982-2005 (D1802)
- West Park (Porthcawl) Ltd, Glynbridge Homes, architects: construction and record drawings 20th cent (D1820)
- Hull City Council - Architect's Department, Building Control section: register of contract certificates issued 1966-1970 (C TAK/13)
- Robert Woodcock (fl1960-1980), architect, of Brading, Isle of Wight: sets of plans for properties (c300), mostly in the east of the Isle of Wight, designed by Woodcock 1960-1980 (AC2021/032)
- Joseph Foster Ltd, Bow Lane Ironworks: vols (2) of catalogues of mechanical drawings. Vol 1 rel to projects incl Preston Covered Market, Longridge Gasworks, railings, pipes, pumps, presses, steam engines, rock boring equipment and printing presses; Vol 2 rel to the printing trade except for the Bank of England c1870-1930 (DDX 3628/ACC13163)
- Charles Abell & Sons Ltd, builders, Anstey: correspondence and financial records 1933-1989 (DE10288)
- Bundles of deeds and associated records: 2 messuages in Earl Shilton (1853-1867); property in Glenfield (1673-1904); messuages in Burbage Road, Hinckley (1869-1889) and property in Newbold Verdon (with plan) (1824-1944) 1673-1904 (DE10201)
- Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors: Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Branches: minutes, correspondence, national directory & ephemera c1980-2020 (DE10196)
- Architectural drawings for a proposed electrical power station for the Loughborough Corporation 1904-1913 (DE10216)
- Carlton Hayes Hospital (formerly Leicestershire Lunatic Asylum and Leicestershire and Rutland Lunatic Asylum): photograph album of Rothesay C Stewart recording the construction of the Hospital 1904-1908 (DE10126)
- Dennis Arthur Calow (1926-2020), architect, Leicestershire historian, writer and photographer: architectural plans and specifications, drawings, photographs, negatives, memoirs c1950-2020 (DE10141)
- Cowan Dunstan Robinson (1938-2019), photographer: photographs of British Steel quarries at Exton Park and Overton incl 'Marion', the Giant Excavator c1965-1975 (DE10124)
- Charles Arthur Abell, (1909-1990), builder: diaries 1935-1990 (DE10288)
- William Frederick Waite (fl1903-1931), joiner, Leicester: account book and personal papers 1903-1931 (DE10108)
- HM Prison, Wellingborough: plans 1961-2007 (2021/61)
- Sue Hyett (fl1990-2010), architect: architectural plans, quinquennial reports, and project material rel to architectural projects, mainly in North Northumberland c1990-2010 (NRO 12723)
- FW Tempest & Son, architect and surveyor, Mansfield: records including drawings, correspondence, client registers, maps 1887-2010 (Acc 10068)
- Beechdale Swimming Centre, Nottingham: colour slides showing building of the complex 1968-1969 (DD/2801)
- W Westerman Ltd, home builders, Chilwell: records including plans, accounts, cost books, wages books, bills of quantities, title deeds, photographs 19th-21st cent (Acc 10064)
- William Bonner Hopkins (b1868), architect: plans showing new buildings for Ludlow Grammar School 1895 (9758)
- Keith Cattell (fl1952-2021), architect: plans and elevations of Badger Hall (1953) and Hopston Mill (1952) 1952-2021 (9779)
- Peper Harow mansion and estate, Peper Harow, architectural plans and drawings, with some associated papers c1765-1925 (10264)
- Birkenhead Corporation: Birkenhead Improvement Plan 1862 (2456)
National
- Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840), artist: a drawing of Wrychtishousis, Edinburgh, Scotland c1790 (2021/7)
- Tony Zayachivsky (fl 2021): digital photographs rel to Granton Gasworks Station, Edinburgh, incl raster image of 3D model of Granton Gasworks Station post-1975 2021 (2021/42)
- Sir Basil Spence (1907-1976), architect: drawings of Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders; Edinburgh Castle and Bakehouse Close, Edinburgh; Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland and figure drawings 1921-1924 (2021/4)
- Robert Bryden (1841-1906), architect: ledger covering daily expenses from the period 1866-71, when Bryden was newly employed at Clarke and Bell, architects, Glasgow 1866-1871 (2021/77)
- John Britton (1771-1857), antiquarian: collection of drawings, manuscripts and engravings assembled by John Britton rel to the architecture and restoration of Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland, incl drawings by Joseph Gandy, David Roberts, and George Meikle Kemp 1810-1857 (2021/8)
- Ingval Maxwell (b1944), conservation architect: collection of slides of buildings throughout Scotland, and of buildings internationally 1963-2019 (2021/78)
- Henry Holiday (1839-1927), artist and stained glass designer: design for reredos for Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Queensferry Road, Edinburgh c1910 (2021/80)
- Two salted paper prints of Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders, Scotland 19th cent (2021/3)
Special
- Kerry John Downes (1930-2019), architectural historian and author: correspondence, photographs, diaries, research notes, books and articles, and papers rel to his professional career and personal life; the material mostly relates to his teaching, research and works on English Baroque architectural history c1930-2016 (KJD)
University
- Bryan Robert Avery (1944 -2017), architect: original plans and project files of built and unbuilt work, PR files, models of built and unbuilt work, original drawings and sketches 1944-2017 (BA)
- Peter Blundell Jones (1949-2016), architect: papers incl research notes and corresp, mounted slides, CDs, cassette and minidiscs, architectural drawings 1960-2016 (490)
- Andrzej Blonski (fl1988-2021), architect: material rel to his architectural career, in particular his work on Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Royal Plymouth 20th-21st cent (BTC301)
- Robert Maxwell (1922-2020), architect and academic: papers incl architectural drawings, research work, articles and lectures 1940-2015 (accession no 2021.040)
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