'Chancel Building Fund : Letters and Accounts'

File of Mr W T Leeson [churchwarden 1899-1928]; 1908-1928, 1953-1954. Correspondents include: E Fellingham of North Street, Brighton, electrical engineer; J Smith and Son of North Road, general engineers, regarding the boiler; J S Paul and Sons of Bedford Row, London, concerning the East Window; Brighton Borough Surveyor in relation to approval of building plans; Barclays Bank, North Street, Brighton; the Ecclesiastical Commissioners concerning the suitability of St John's as a parish church

includes a distinct series of letters from Arthur Blomfield of the Surveyor's Office, Prince's Street, London, concerning the reduced estimate for the chancel and Lady Chapel; the hanging of the bells; alterations to the choir vestry, the organ, belfry; lighting of the chancel; tenders for the building contract, 4 Mar 1925; payment of Mr Penfold, builder; includes clippings from the parish magazine regarding fundraising events, the foundation stone and dedication festival

Contains cutting from the '[?Brighton]Herald' regarding the dedication of the chancel, 29 May 1926; magazine illustrations of the vicarage; cutting from the 'Sussex Daily News' regarding the completion of the church, 24 Mar 1925; balance sheet for St John's and St Peter's church accounts, 1923, 1926, 1927; accounts of the building fund, 1923, 1926; record events in the construction of the church, 1899-1928, by WTL; list of subscribers to parochial funds and stallholders at the midsummer fete, Jan 1924; newspaper cutting regarding the murals at St Peters'; elevation of reredos by A[rthur] B[lomfield], 9 Jan 1926; draft appeal for funds, Apr 1926; statement of stock hald under the Revd A G Copeman, WTL and J N Ward; reducaed estimate of Arthur Blomfield and A J Driver, architects, 1 Apr 1925