Papers relating to the dispute between Bath City Council and The National Trust in relation to the war damage repairs for the Assembly Rooms, Bath

Reference Number

BC/13/2/6

Level of Description

Item

Title

Papers relating to the dispute between Bath City Council and The National Trust in relation to the war damage repairs for the Assembly Rooms, Bath

Date

1933-1957

Extent

Extent: 2 boxes

Description

Includes plans and elevations, together with a rough watercolour of the Assembly Room by the Architect Sir Albert Richardson (1880-1964) and several copies of letters from him; opinions for counsel and reports with relation to the Landlord and Tenant War Damage and Repair of War Damage Acts of 1939 and 1941; a file relating to the war damage by incendiary bombs to the Assembly Rooms; estimated costs, specification and contract for the repairs, restoration, reconstruction and electrical instillation to the Card Room in 1947; and correspondence between the Jared E. Dixon (town clerk), the War Damage Commisson, the National Trust's Secretary, Jack Rathbone, and related parties.