Archive Acquisitions

Every year the SAHGB receives from the National Archives a notice of acquisitions by British archives of material relating to architecture. These are printed in the Newsletter, and the current notice is also available below.

"The National Archives, in its annual Accessions exercise, collects information from over two hundred record repositories throughout the British Isles about manuscript accessions received in the previous calendar year. The information is then edited and used to produce 32 thematic digests, which are distributed for publication in learned journals and newsletters. They can also be accessed through The National Archives website
     "This information has already been added to the indexes of the National Register of Archives (NRA), the central point for collecting and disseminating information about the location of manuscript sources relating to British history, outside the public records. The NRA, which currently contains over 44,000 lists and catalogues of archives, can be consulted at the National Archives, Kew, Richmond, TW9 4DU. Alternatively, searchers may access the indexes to the NRA and certain linked on-line catalogues via the website. Limited and specific enquiries can be dealt with by post or email (asd@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk). 
     "Readers should note that dates for records in this digest are given when known, but that these are covering dates, which do not necessarily indicate the presence of records for all intervening years. Records have been included in the digest regardless of whether the deposit has yet been fully catalogued, and readers are advised to check with the relevant repository as to whether this or any other factors, such as closure periods, may affect access to the documents." Alex Ritchie, National Archives, 2008.
 

Major Accessions to Repositories in 2008 Relating to Architecture

Local

Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Centre
Valence House Museum
Becontree Avenue
Dagenham
Essex
RM8 3HT

Barking borough: planning applications for new streets and buildings (non-consecutive) 1895-1967 (ACQ2008/02)

Carmarthenshire Archive Service
Parc Myrddin Richmond Terrace
Carmarthen
Carmarthenshire
SA31 1DS

St Ishmael parish: papers rel to church rebuilding and fabric 1860-1974 (8031)

City of Westminster Archives Centre
10 St Ann's Street
London
SW1P 2DE

Sir Basil Urwin Spence, architect: architectural plans, photographs and project records 1961-1975 (Acc 2585)

Cornwall Record Office
Old County Hall
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3AY

Cornish Buildings Group: minutes 1970-1984 (X1305)
Plans of Bodmin North railway station 1897-1960 (AD1915)

Cumbria Record Office, Kendal
County Offices
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 4RQ

Charles G Dean, architect: diaries, drawings and other papers 1972-1980 (WDB 145)

Derbyshire Record Office
New Street
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 3AG

Sir Howard Montagu Colvin, architectural historian: further research papers rel to Calke Abbey and the Harpur-Crewe family 20th cent (D6959)

East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service
The Treasure House
Champney Road
Beverley
HU17 9BA

Spurn Point and Withernsea lighthouses: plans 1896-1983 (DDX1332)

Essex Record Office
Wharf Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 6YT

Corporation of Trinity House: plans of Stoneness Lighthouse, West Thurrock 20th cent (D/Z 535)

Gloucestershire Archives
Clarence Row
Alvin Street
Gloucester
GL1 3DW

John L Jones, architect, Cheltenham: churchwork collection, projects mostly in Gloucestershire and South Wales 1930-1989 (D11237)
Gloucester City College of Technology: architect's plans 1969-1978 (D7492)

Hackney Archives Department
43 De Beauvoir Road
London
N1 5SQ

London Borough of Hackney: plans of Hackney schools c1800-1989 (2008/41)

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
Hampshire Record Office
Sussex Street
Winchester
SO23 8TH

Harris family, Earls of Malmesbury: architectural ground plans and elevations of houses, additional estate corresp c1775-1897 (9M73)
Colson & Son, architects and surveyors, Winchester: scrapbook c1873-1906 (59A08W)

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
Register Office Block
County Hall
Pegs Lane
Hertford
SG13 8EJ

Victor Farrar Partnership, architects, Bedford: further Herts records late 20th cent (Acc 4524)

Hounslow Library Local Studies Service
Hounslow Library
Local Studies
CentreSpace
Treaty Centre
High Street
Hounslow
TW3 1ES

Carden & Godfrey, architects, London: papers rel to Said House, Chiswick, St Joseph's Hospital, Chiswick, Gunnersbury Park Stables and 24 Heathfield Terrace 1958-89 (BRA 2919)

Hull City Archives
79 Lowgate
Hull
HU1 1HN

Blackmore, Son & Co, architects: drawings of Oriental House, Hull (DIHA)

Kingston Museum and Heritage Service
North Kingston Centre
Richmond Road
Kingston-upon-Thames
KT2 5PE

James Lomas, borough architect, Kingston-upon-Thames: papers and slides c1950-79 (KX446)

Norfolk Record Office
The Archive Centre
Martineau Lane
Norwich
NR1 2DQ

Bruce Henderson Gray, architect: architectural plans, drawings and papers rel to Norwich Housing Association schemes 1944-1979 (ACC 2007/318)
Leonard G Hannaford, architect: records incl sketch books and drawings 1920-1960s (ACC 2007/439)

Oxfordshire Record Office
St Luke's Church
Temple Road
Cowley
Oxford
OX4 2HT

Arbery Building Preservation Trust, Wantage: records incl minutes and architectural reports 1995-2001 (Acc 5799)

Peterborough Archives Service
Peterborough Central Library
Broadway
Peterborough
PE1 1RX

Michael Belton, Ward & Partners, architects, Peterborough: drawings, administrative and financial records c1960-89 (2008/66)
Burnard Green, civil engineers, London: architect's drawings of Peterborough Town Hall 1929-31 (2008/14)

Plymouth and West Devon Record Office
Unit 3, Clare Place
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 0JW

Peter Roseveare, architect, Plymouth: plans, docket files rel to building projects 1975-2000 (X57)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch
Gatacre Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 2LQ

Barefoot & Gillies, architects, Ipswich: further misc records 1898-2004 (HG400)

Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives
Bancroft Library
277 Bancroft Road
London
E1 4DQ

Building Control Service, London Borough of Tower Hamlets: records 1904-2008 (L/THL/D2)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield
Registry of Deeds
Newstead Road
Wakefield
WF1 2DE

Blackmore, Son & Co, architects, Hull: plans for Doctor Crowther's Almshouses Charity, Wakefield; 11-25 George Street, Wakefield and Sir Edmund Turnor's Hospital, Wragby 1992 (WYW1658)

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
Cocklebury Road
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 3QN

Sir Harold Brakspear, architect and architectural historian: diaries, log books, corresp and specifications 1883-1934 (3692)
Sir Harold Brakspear, architect and architectural historian: additional plans and drawings rel to various projects, England and Wales 1800-2000 (2512)

National

National Monuments Record
Enquiry & Research Services
English Heritage
National Monuments Record Centre
Kemble Drive
Swindon
SN2 2GZ

EG Tasker, local historian and photographer, Barnsley: photographs of English medieval church architecture 1950-1989 (TAS01)
Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (RMJM), architects, Edinburgh and London: project files, drawings and photographs rel to major English commissions 1956-1986 (RMJ01)

Tate Gallery Archive
Hyman Kreitman Research Centre
Tate Britain
Millbank
London
SW1P 4RG

Michael Compton, curator: research papers rel to Broodthaers and museum architecture c1970-99 (TGA 200820)

Victoria & Albert Museum, Archive of Art and Design
23 Blythe Road
London
W14 0QX

Margaret MacDonald Casson, architect and designer: papers 1897-2004 (AAD/2008/3)
Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson, architect: papers 1867-2007 (AAD/2008/2)

Special

Royal Institute of British Architects
British Architectural Library
Drawings and Archives Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 2RL

Stanley Davenport Adshead, architect and town planner: papers incl corresp, drawings and photographs (2008.8)
John Francis Bentley, architect: drawings for St Mary, Cagodan Street, London 1877- (2008.5)
John Bicknell, architect: papers rel to work carried out with Paul Hamilton incl drawings c1963-1990s (2008.15)
William Hayward Brakspear, architect: papers incl corresp, drawings, albums and drawing instruments (2008.13)
William Kent, painter, sculptor and architect: annotated design for ceiling of the Saloon at 44 Berkley Square London c1744 (2008.12)
George Herbert Kitchin, architect: papers incl corresp, sketchbooks and sketches (2008.2)

Westminster Abbey Muniment Room and Library
East Cloister Westminster Abbey
London
SW1P 3PA

John George Noppen, art historian: papers rel to proposal to erect a Sacristy to the north of Westminster Abbey 1926-1950 (WAM Z/3)
Arnold Joseph Taylor, historian and public servant: papers rel to the Anglo-Saxon door in the vestibule of Westminster Abbey Chapter House 1967-72 (WAM Z/4)

University

Borthwick Institute for Archives
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD

George Gaze Pace, architect and Ronald Sims, architect: papers 1940-2007 (ACC 52/2008)

Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 1ST

Charles Robert Ashbee, architect, designer and town planner: further personal and family papers, incl papers rel to his work in Jerusalem and papers of his daughter Felicity Ashbee c1870-1990

Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Palace Green Section
Palace Green
Durham
DH1 3RN

Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland: record book, minutes, corresp, photos 1933-94 (AAS)

Hull University Archives
Brynmor Jones Library
University of Hull
Cottingham Road
Hull
HU6 7RX

Francis Johnson & Partners, architects, Bridlington: working papers c1977-1988 (DFJ)