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Catalogue description Office of Works and successors: Osborne House: Registered Files
| Reference: | WORK 15 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Office of Works and successors: Osborne House: Registered Files |
| Description: |
This series contains correspondence and papers relating to the administration of the Osborne estate on the Isle of Wight, including Osborne House and other buildings, and the Royal Naval College. Some files date from after the creation of the Department of the Environment and the Property Services Agency. |
| Date: | 1902-1975 |
| Related material: |
For related plans and drawings, see WORK 37 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | AE file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of the Environment, 1970-1997 Ministry of Public Building and Works, Controller Generals Division, 1967-1970 Ministry of Public Building and Works, Directorate General of Works, 1962-1967 Ministry of Works and Buildings, Directorate of Works, 1940-1942 Ministry of Works and Planning, Directorate of Works, 1942-1943 Ministry of Works, Directorate General of Works, 1946-1962 Ministry of Works, Directorate of Works, 1943-1945 Office of Works, 1851-1940 Office of Works, Architects and Surveyors Division, 1902-1914 Office of Works, Architects Division, 1914-1920 Office of Works, Directorate of Works, 1920-1940 Office of Works, Surveyors Division, 1901-1901 Property Services Agency, Directorate of Civil Accommodation, 1976-1990 |
| Physical description: | 184 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1935 Office of Works |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought Osborne House on the Isle of Wight as a private retreat in 1845, and replaced the existing house with a grander mansion designed by Thomas Cubitt. After the Queen's death in 1901 King Edward VII gave the house to the nation,; it came under the control of the Office of Works in 1903, under the terms of the Osborne Estate Act 1902. The Act provided for the private royal apartments to remain as when they had been in royal occupation; the rest of the house was to be used as a convalescent home for officers and civil servants. The private royal suite was opened to full public access in 1954. The Royal Naval College at Osborne was transferred to the control of the Admiralty Works Department in 1910, but in 1920 was returned to the Office of Works. In 1926 it was transferred to the Commissioners of Crown Lands. Following its return to the Ministry of Works in 1945 it was demolished. |
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