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Office of Works and successors: Miscellaneous Plans and Drawings
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| Reference | WORK 38 |
|---|---|
| Title | Office of Works and successors: Miscellaneous Plans and Drawings |
| Date | 1662-1951 |
| Description | This series contains plans and drawings relating to various buildings, property and improvements outside the main areas of responsibility of the Office of Works and its successors. The buildings and areas covered include: barracks, bridges, Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Brompton and other cemeteries; crown property; docks and dockyards including the Port of London; engineering and sanitation works; a proposed London railway station; legal buildings; the Menai Bridge; prisons; the River Thames and the Embankment; the City of London, including St Paul's Cathedral; the City of Westminster, including Victoria Street, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Bridge and Parliament Square; and Whippingham Church, Isle of Wight. |
| Related material |
Files relating to some of the buildings and structures covered by these plans are in WORK 6 |
| 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 | 468 flat sheets and rolls |
| Access conditions | Open |
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