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Contents of a folder labelled ' Thematic House Designs; Product magazines; Johnny Grey; David French'.

Includes:
-Art & Design Oct 1985: cover includes Charles Jencks: The Thematic House and Alphonse Mucha: Master of Art Nouveau. Yellow post-it note attached to page 15 annotated 'symbolic NOT signolic architecture' [the title of the article]. There is also a loose pencil and ink sketch on torn tracing paper tucked inside the front cover, and two copies of p80 from TWA Ambassador Feb 1986 tucked inside the back cover showing grandfather clocks by Wendell Castle.
-'Gaggenau: New built-in appliances for the kitchen' brochure, Jul 1981
-'Campi & Calegari: arredamenti per cucine' brochure of kitchen cupboards and handles
-'Amtica originals' vinyl tiling cataloguing, folded to pages 8/9, 1980
-untitled and undated axonometric drawings with measurements
-Duct to Dining Area by Terry Farrell Partnership with annotations and sketches around the design (folded)
-Internal Balcony by David French & Partners May 1982 (folded)
-Johnny Grey Design C Specification Sheet - Jencks' Kitchen - typescript with annotations
-correspondence from Johnny Grey Design to Hobbs Interior Decorating and Design on headed paper, July1982
-photocopied sketches
-Jencks/Keswick Kitchen plan by Johnny Grey Design, Feb 1981 (folded)
-'The Bath Studio - Sole UK agents for Vola' brochure for taps, Jan 1979

Contents of a folder labelled 'Lansdowne Walk Correspondence and invoices, 1982-1983'

Includes:
-correspondence from Terry Farrell Partnership regarding issues with the chimneys and potential resolution
-manuscript invoices and correspondence from Valentine Abbatt for blinds, curtains, bedcovers and cushions
-Certificate of Employers' Liability Insurance for Maggie
-manuscript invoices from Bill Reed including details of how long each drawing took
-transaction statement for Charles' account with GSF International/Votainer
-estimate for work by Spiral Staircase Systems
-detailed manuscript invoice from Ray Watson for work on the mosaic and receipt
-manuscript letter from Teresa regarding lettering, with contact details of another letterer
-statement of Charles' account with Sandell Perkins and annotated correction
-advertisement for a mezzotint of Canaletto's Eton College
-delivery note from Sandell Perkins
-manuscript letter from Celia [Scott] regarding the patination of Vulcan [sic] and including a sketch of the bust, 1983
-correspondence from Matheson Trust Co Limited regarding payments
-manuscript letter and invoice from Penny [Jencks]
-invoice from Royal College of Art for casting bronze bust
-typescript letter from Tessa Codrington, photographer regarding plans and fees for photographing the house
-invoice from Jumbo Electronics Co (UK) Ltd for hi-fi equipment
-Customs Import Entry form for shipment from Penelope Jencks
-typescript letter and invoice from Michael Graves, architect
-manuscript invoice from Harriet Wynter Ltd
-manuscript and typescript correspondence from Ian Hamilton Finlay on Little Sparta headed paper regarding visits, gifts, and gardens.
-copy manuscript notes headed 'Thematic House Treatment'
-typescript letters from After Image regarding potential television programmes for Channel 4
-invoice from bathroom tiles
-invoice from Eddie O'Brien
-payment for an Austrian Cherry wood chair
-correspondence regarding damp with neighbouring properties and party wall issues
-copy letter from Charles regarding the latest version of the alphabet
-copy typescript snag lists for May, July and August 1982 with manuscript annotations
-manuscript invoices for exterior axonometric drawings from David W [Feldman]
-invoice for drawing's of 'your study' from Helen Roe
-order for office furniture from Ryman
-invoice from Home Decorating (Wallpapers) Limited
-invoices from Nu-Line Painted Ltd
-typescript letter from Ann Barr at Harpers & Queen requesting to write about the house
-typescript letter from Drusilla Beyfus of Vogue regarding a visit to the house, and draft reply from Charles
-copy letter from Terry Farrell Partnership to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea regarding planning permission in relation to the garden stair
-invoice from The Alpha Mosaic & Terrazzo Co Ltd
-invoice from Edward Heath regarding drawings of drainwork
-invoices from Johnny Grey Design
-invoices and correspondence from Ilinca Cantacuzino
-invoice from Hodgson Brothers
-invoice from terry Farrell Partnership for expenditure by Richard Solomon
-Typescript letter from Ralph Lebens regarding measurements
-correspondence between Terry Farrell Partnership and Notable Heating Ltd regarding changes to radiators
-specification and quotation for work by Chubb, with manuscript list of suggested alarms
-newspaper cutting regarding the demolition of Kensington Town Hall
-invoice for interim payment from Terry Farrell Partnership
-correspondence from Terry Farrell Partnership regarding work by Jim Dixon

Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House 1978-84 Seconds: Indian Summer & Autumn'.

Includes:
-b&w polaroid photographs of built-in furniture in Indian Summer and Autumn
-pencil and ink sketches of kitchen units with annotations of measurements
-manuscript notes on design problems
-pencil drawings of design elements on tracing paper
-pencil notes and sketches titled 'Spoonglyphs'
-colour slide of the kitchen units during construction
-pencil perspective drawings with coloured pencil shading showing furniture designs in Indian Summer
-pencil plan on tracing paper showing the layout of Summer, Indian Summer and Autumn labelled 'CJ Jan 22, 82'
-whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design showing the arrangement of the sinks and hob in Indian Summer, folded
-pencil sketches on tracing paper, badly torn and creased
-pencil, ink and photocopied sketches of design details

Inside the folder is a bundle of papers labelled KITCHEN including:
-pencil sketches of design elements on tracing paper
-invitation to Sir John Soane's Museum to celebrate the Bicentenary of Soane's appointment as Architect & Surveyor to the Bank of England and view his Restored Picture Room, 1988
-scale plan of the kitchen on tracing paper with loose cut-out representations of kitchen units, appliances and cleaning equipment
-whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design titled 'The Nannys kitchen' with a specification sheet attached, March 1982, folded.
-whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design titled 'Sink Structure: overall plan', May 1982, folded.
-whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design titled 'Sink Structure: pavilions' April 182, folded.
-whiteprint by Johnny Grey Design titled 'Sink Structure: frieze', April 1981, folded
-b&w polaroid photograph taken from Autumn, looking through Indian Summer to Summer
-colour design on tracing paper titled 'Door Panel Study, scale 1:5'.
-pencil perspective drawing of Indian Summer with colour pencil shading
-two page cutting from an unknown magazine about a Sir Christopher Wren exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery
-pencil sketch on University of California, Los Angeles headed paper
-whiteprint labelled 'Family room: plans and elevations; with 'dining kitchen' annotated above.