Property and Works Sub-Committee minutes 1913-1938

Reference

MCC/EST/1/2

Date:

1913-02-04 - 1938-11-10

Level of description

file

Extent

1 book

Part of

Sub-Committee minutes (MCC/EST/1)

Scope and Content

Bound volume, Property and Works Sub-Committee [1913-1938]. Includes leases and improvements of residential properties, upkeep of Lord's Hotel, constant improvements to urinals, upkeep and construction of new stands, minutes of Art and Decorations Sub-Committee, lists of winter works, minutes of Lord Harris Memorial Sub-Committee.

Also includes:

Decision to construct workshops at north side of Practice Ground, 23 July 1913
Decision to dismantle and rebuild the Greenhouse at 20 Elm Tree Road due to glass constantly being broken by cricket balls and boys throwing stones, 18 September 1913
Plan for tunnel between Refreshment Department under Members' Luncheon Room and 2 Grove End Road, 11 May 1914
Decision to rule out the erection of a rifle range, 9 November 1914
Repairs to bust of W G Grace completed and to be placed in the Pavilion, 23 February 1920
Plans for the Grace Gates, 27 October 1921
Arrangements for En-Tout-Cas tennis court, 27 October 1922
Numerous schemes for improving the seating at Lord's, 18 July 1923
Cabinets to be built for Wisdens deposited by Mr E A Bennett, 29 October 1923
Report into plans for new Grand Stand, 19 June 1925
Results of inspection of Secretaries' houses, 13 December 1926
Joint meeting with Finance Sub-Committee, 25 July 1927
Picture of Sir Francis Lacey commissioned, to be painted by a Mr G S Watson, 17 October 1927
Consideration of installation of new hot water system for Pavilion, 7 November 1927
List of surplus paintings and decisions of what to do with each one, 30 October 1928
Redecoration of the Long Room, 27 November 1928
Deposit of H R Ford's cricket library to be placed in Members' Writing Room, 4 April 1930
Decision to build a new greenhouse, 17 July 1931
Instruction to Club Architect to design a cloister and garden for the Lord Harris Memorial, 13 February 1933
Finalised details of Lord Harris Memorial, 23 October 1933
Offer from a David Davies to employ a sculptor to design a relief at the corner wall of St John's Wood Road and Wellington Road, 23 October 1933
Picture of Frank Cobden by Julius Hare accepted, payment of 50 guineas which was to be placed in the Members Writing Room, 21 March 1934
Water-colours of W G Grace and F R Spofforth by Henry Tuke presented by George Beldam, 21 March 1934
Redesign of the front wall to the Harris Memorial, 25 June 1936
Plan for the electrification of scoreboards, 22 October 1936
Criticism from a member on current pictures being hanged in the Pavilion and decision to dispose of pictures of non-cricket or value interest, also what to do with most valuable pictures should hostilities break out, 10 November 1938

Associations

Edgar Assheton Bennett
Sir Francis Eden Lacey
George Robert Canning Harris
Frank Carroll Cobden
Julius Hare
George William Beldam
Henry Scott Tuke
William Gilbert Grace
Frederick Robert Spofforth

Subject

Grove End Road, Elm Tree Road, Lord's Cricket Ground, Lord's Hotel, Mound Stand, Pavilion, Grace Gates, tennis, Grand Stand, finance, paintings, Harris memorial, scoreboards

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 book

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