Property and Works Sub-Committee 1944-1965

Reference

MCC/EST/1/3

Date:

1944-02-08 - 1965-04-01

Level of description

file

Extent

1 volume

Part of

Sub-Committee minutes (MCC/EST/1)

Scope and Content

Bound volume, Property and Works Sub-Committee [1944-1965]. Includes repairs to properties damaged during Second World War, minutes of General Purposes Sub-Committee, yearly Works Department expenditures, rating of Lord's Cricket Ground and appeal, minutes of Redevelopment Sub-Committee, planning stages of new Tavern Block.

Items include:

Government announces intention to control Lord's properties for period of time after Second World War, 31 January 1944
Planned restoration to house property damage during Second World War, 3 March 1944
Consideration of the "Bakery Project" - provision of new shop, public restaurant, members luncheon room and removal of present boxes to an extension of Q Stand, 23 May 1944
Memorandum by Pelham Warner on accommodation of spectators at Lord's after Second World War, April 1945
Review of MCC residential properties, 7 October 1946
War damage compensation, 1 April 1947
Suggestion and plan for Lord's to be excluded from Town and Country Planning Act 1947, 28 November 1948
New bakery in the Mound Stand completed, 12 July 1951
Reconstruction of 'A' Stand, 25 November 1954
Decision to extend the Memorial Gallery, 7 August 1958
Rejection of MCC appeal against Lord's rating evaluation, legal document, 14 December 1959
Approval for construction of new Pavilion balcony, 25 May 1960
Initial discussion for proposed redevelopment of Tavern, Members' Dining Room and Clock Tower block, 10 August 1960
Report on construction of Tavern Block, with plans, January 1962
Summary of meetings regarding Lord's redevelopment
Memorandum on decoration for the Long Room, 6 January 1965
Proposed restaurant and public house, 8 January 1965.

Associations

Sir Pelham Francis Warner

Subject

Second World War, Lord's Cricket Ground, Lord's Hotel, Elm Tree Road, Grove End Road, architecture, building plans, Tavern Stand, Lord's Tavern, Long Room, Memorial Gallery, Mound Stand, Pavilion, spectators

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 volume

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