Box BER 20

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Receipts of bills paid for building works including a new laundry and buying a Kelvinator Refrigerator plant. Specifications of re-decoration works to the whole convent, including the chapel, dated 1939 (in celebration of the convent's centenary). Fuel and Lighting Orders, October 1939, for the convent and St Katharine's Clubroom, issued by Bermondsey Borough Council.

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Sub-series consists of a small amount of material relating to building works at Eltham Convent of Mercy dated 1877 to 1878.

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Receipts from Stimpson and Co.

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Subseries consists of correspondence and papers written by R.H. Marsh and Partners, Surveyors, regarding Chislehurst Convent of Mercy and a drawing for a stained glass window.

Scope and Contents note Plan and sections of a proposed new convent for Bermondsey, drawn up by Patrick M. White, Architect, based on the original convent. Annotated in pencil at the top is "This plan not practical". Dated circa 1955.Plan, elevations and sections of a new altar, lectern and tabernacle pedestal for the chapel, designed by The Plaskett Marshall Partnership, Chartered Architects. Undated.Nine photocopied plans of the convent showing heating and electrics by The Barnard...

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Correspondence about the physical aspects of establishing the convent. Correspondents include Stanley Hicks and Son, Chartered Surveyors; Robert Sharp and Son, Chartered Architects; and Harman Healy and Co, Surveyors, Estate Agents and Valuers. Also included are a site plan of the convent ("Old Nurses Home") dated 1968 and a 1978 plan for a proposed extension.