Office of Works and successors: Houses of Parliament: Plans and Drawings

Description and record details

Reference	WORK 29
Title	Office of Works and successors: Houses of Parliament: Plans and Drawings
Date	1698-1947
Description	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.
Related material	For related registered files, see WORK 11
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status	Public Record(s)
Language	English
Creator	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
Physical description	3600 flat sheets, rolls and volumes
Access conditions	Open
Immediate source of acquisition	from 1960 Ministry of Works
Accruals	Series is accruing.

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