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Series
Office of Works and successors: Houses of Parliament: Plans and Drawings
Catalogue reference: WORK 29
What's it about?
WORK 29
This series consists mainly of plans and working drawings relating to the building of the new Houses of Parliament after the destruction of the Palace of Westminster by fire in 1834, and subsequent maintenance and alterations. In addition, the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WORK 29
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of Works and successors: Houses of Parliament: Plans and Drawings
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Date (When the record was created)
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1698-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists mainly of plans and working drawings relating to the building of the new Houses of Parliament after the destruction of the Palace of Westminster by fire in 1834, and subsequent maintenance and alterations.
In addition, the series contains some plans for earlier unexecuted schemes for a new parliament house, including a portfolio of drawings by William Kent.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related registered files, see WORK 11
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Works and Buildings, Directorate of Works, 1940-1942
- Ministry of Works and Planning, Directorate of Works, 1942-1943
- Ministry of Works, Directorate General of Works, 1946-1962
- Ministry of Works, Directorate of Works, 1943-1945
- Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, Works Department, 1832-1851
- Office of Works, 1378-1832
- Office of Works, 1851-1940
- Office of Works, Architects and Surveyors Division, 1902-1914
- Office of Works, Architects Division, 1914-1920
- Office of Works, Directorate of Works, 1920-1940
- Office of Works, Surveyors Division, 1901-1901
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3600 flat sheets, rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1960 Ministry of Works
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Maps and plans
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14630/
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