Ministry of Public Building and Works

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1962-1970
History:	Created in July 1962; inherited the functions of the Ministry of Works, with additional responsibility for studying the problems of the building industry. In November 1970 it was absorbed into the Department of the Environment.
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central)
References:	IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C278169

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference
1	1858-1996: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery Working Plans	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 98
2	1971-1992: Ministry of Public Building and Works and successors: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings: Papers	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 89
3	1867-2006: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery: Unregistered Files, Papers, Drawings and Photographs	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 100
4	1974-1993: Records of the Directorate of Building and Quantity Surveying Services
5	1921-1998: Records of the Directorate of Civil Accommodation
6	1954-1977: Records of the Directorate of Civil Engineering Services
7	1967-1990: Records of the Directorate of Home Regional Services
8	1951-1986: Records of the Directorate of Post Office Services
9	1879-1992: Records of the Regions
10	1746-1988: Treasury Solicitor: Registered Files, Office of Works and successors (WORKS Series)	The National Archives, Kew	TS 59
11	1852-1952: Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, Overseas: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 40
12	c1760-1970: Admiralty, Navy Works Department and predecessors: Naval Establishments: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 41
13	1713-1998: War Office, Directorate of Works and predecessors: Army Establishments: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 43
14	1914-1956: Air Ministry, Directorate of Works: Air Force Establishments: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 44
15	1940-1980: Ministry of Works and Buildings and successors: Construction Industry and Building Materials: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 45
16	1899-2016: Office of Works and successors: Government Art Collection: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 54
17	1959-1974: Ministry of Public Building and Works and Department of the Environment: Directorate of Research and Information and successors: Registered Files (RC Series)	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 78
18	1968-1970: Ministry of Public Buildings and Works and Welsh Office: Plans and Drawings relating to the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1969	The National Archives, Kew	BD 101
19	1967-1969: Ministry of Public Buildings and Works and Welsh Office: Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1969: Unregistered Files	The National Archives, Kew	BD 102
20	1918-1979: Ministry of Works and successors: Public Health Engineers, Structural Engineers and New Works Engineers: Registered Files (WS Series)	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 85
21	1598-2005: Office of Works and successors: Deeds Registers	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 87
22	1955-1998: Office of Works and Successors: Registered Files: Deep Tube Shelters	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 95
23	1712-1992: Office of Works and successors: Deeds, Series V	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 91
24	1957-1984: Ministry of Works: Historic Buildings Council for England: minutes and papers	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 94
25	1840-2010: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery Records	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 97
26	1852-1994: Property Services Agency: Proposed Official History: Collected Source Material	The National Archives, Kew	CM 68
27	1835-2023: Records created or inherited by the Department of the Environment, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR), the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR), and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.	The National Archives, Kew	AT
28	1835-1998: Department of the Environment: Royal Parks Division, Royal Parks Constabulary Branch: Registered Files (RPC Series)	The National Archives, Kew	AT 28
29	1609-2011: Records of the successive Works departments, and the Ancient Monuments Boards and Inspectorate	The National Archives, Kew	WORK
30	1950 -1989: Property Services Agency and predecessors: South East Region: Registered Files and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	CM 18
31	1959-1972: Property Services Agency and predecessors: Directorate of Post Office Services: Registered Files (WL Series)	The National Archives, Kew	CM 50
32	1879-1998: Records created or inherited by the Property Services Agency	The National Archives, Kew	CM
33	1609-2005: Corporate and Administrative Records	The National Archives, Kew

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Department of the Environment	Successor/Predecessor		See Also
2	Ministry of Works	Successor/Predecessor		See Also