
Birmingham: erection of Council House
MS 1460/45 1874-1879
Contents:
PL, EL, SE, WD, CD, EST, CON, Instructions to Architect. (Y Thomason, architect; Wilson Phipson, engineer; John Barnsley & Sons, contractors)
Client: Mayor & Corporation of Borough of Birmingham
The records for this project have been parcelled up as follows:
¼" and ½" PL, EL (Drawings 1, 3, 7, 8, 10-12) MS 1460/45/1 [n.d.]
¼" and ½" PL, EL, SE (Drawings 13-20) and Heating and Ventilation Drawings MS 1460/45/2 [n.d.]
¼" and ½" PL, EL, SE and WD (Drawings 31-40, 42-43, 52-53, 77, 81) MS 1460/45/3 [n.d.]
¼" and ½" scale PL, SE (Drawings 42, 92, 94-96) MS 1460/45/4 [n.d.]
¼" and ½" scale PL, EL (Drawings 91-97, 103, 110-116 Council Chamber extension) MS 1460/45/5 [n.d.]
WD for Gas & Water Dept extension (Drawings 118-119, 121, 132) MS 1460/45/6 [n.d.]
EL, SE, WD of basement reception rooms, council chamber, dome etc (Drawings, 133, 137, 139, 141, 141A, 144-6, 148, 152-4) MS 1460/45/7 [n.d.]
SE, WD of reception rooms, dome, council chamber, roof and staircase (Drawings 158-9, 161, 164-8, 190, 193, 195, 197-8) MS 1460/45/8 [n.d.]
WD for portico, dome, reception rooms, staircase etc. (Drawings 207, 209, 212, 214, 218-20, 238, 243, 245, 284, 289-90, 293) MS 1460/45/9 [n.d.]
PL, EL and furniture designs for Council Chamber, committee and ante-rooms (Drawings 300, 303, 306-11) MS 1460/45/10 [n.d.]
Designs for furniture and fittings and WD for Council Chamber etc. (Drawings 312, 314, 321, 333, 355, 359, 360, 367, 369, 373, 376, 378, 379, 395-9, 399A, 400, 422-3) MS 1460/45/11 [n.d.]
Miscellaneous unnumbered PL, EL SE, WD, including plans from which lithographed copies were taken MS 1460/45/12 [n.d.]
Estimate and bill of quantities, contracts, instructions to architects, notes and lists of drawings, 1870-1942 MS 1460/45/13 [n.d.]