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Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House 1978-84 -Garden Facade - Future Pavilion - 2nds Garden'.

Includes:
-pencil, coloured pencil, felt tip pen and photocopy designs for [the Future Pavilion]
-pencil and photocopy designs for trellis
-pencil plans of the garden on tracing paper and photocopies
-ink sketches of the garden on Portrack House headed letter paper
-pencil designs for [paving] on foolscap lined paper and A4 plain paper
-pencil sketch views of the trellis and trees from neighbouring gardens
-photocopy designs for trellis labelled with months of the year
-designs for mirrors sketched on FM Productions, Minnesota notepaper
-copy letter from Charles to Steve & John regarding the garden arch, August 1984
-colour polaroid of the garden
-pencil and ink sketches of arches on paper and tracing paper

Contents of a folder labelled 'Room of Doubles'.

Includes:
-colour photograph of a room in an unidentified building with elaborate wall paintings and a chandelier
-manuscript list on paper torn from a notepad titled 'Play Room' and annotated 'Room of Doubles' with a list of furniture and notes on measurements for 'Charlie's system'.
-pencil sketch labelled 'The MH and MH cabin-ettes' with designs for furniture either side of a fireplace, with multiple variations and alternatives in pencil, ink and photocopy
-photocopy sketches for the Room of Doubles with coloured pencil shading
-photocopied zodiac designs and manuscript notes on spring zodiac
-pencil and ink sketches for medallions initialled CJ on paper and tracing paper
-whiteprint designs with coloured pencil by CZWG titled 'Jencks Jacuzzi'
- design on pink paper labelled 'The Time Garden' with typescript text and ink drawings and annotations
-pencil and ink sketches of furniture
-pencil and coloured pencil designs for the garden
-ink sketch plan and elevations for a playroom with manuscript writing in arabic
-sketches labelled 'The Rom of Doubles' with pencil manuscript notes describing the themes
-pencil, coloured pencil, ink and felt tip pen plans of the garden with details of planting and measurements

Contents of a folder labelled "1st Schemes: Lansdowne Walk: CJ & M. Fisher 1978' with 'July-Oct 1978' annotated in a different pen.

The folder includes:
-b&w photograph of the original stairwell
-ink drawings on tracing paper by Charles including the South Elevation, West Elevation, Ground Floor plan, First Floor plan and an unlabelled section of the house
-Maggie's original ink design of the ground floor on tracing paper
-photocopies of the original designs
-rough sketches and notes in ink on graph and lined paper
-ink and pencil sketches on plain paper and tracing paper, including alternative front elevation design
-pencil floor plans on plain and tracing paper
-photocopies of elevations, sections and floor plans labelled 'as proposed by Charles Jencks'
-typescript and manuscript correspondence from Fisher Associates regarding hourly rates, planning applications and estimates for roof repairs; the letters also include personal notes from Michael Fisher
-drawing by Fisher Associates of the Proposed Front Elevation (folded)
-rough ink sketches of floor plans on plain paper
-elevation drawing (folded)
-typescript document with multiple pen and pencil annotations by Charles on yellow and white lined paper. The document was originally titled 'The Thematic House/ The Matic How See/Design Credits' but this title is crossed through and it has been labelled 'Appendix: Design credits at the Thematic House'. The document gives a detailed history of the development of designs for The Thematic House both overall and on a room-by-room basis.

Contents of a folder labelled 'Ground Floor - Summer (Seconds) and Summer Table'

Includes:
-b&w polaroid photographs of the sun table and sun chairs, and the Allen Jones painting reflected in the mirrored doors. The photographs are annotated 23 and 25 on the border
-b&w photograph of Summer without furniture in place
-pencil designs for the diadem arch in Summer on paper and tracing paper
-typescript document titled 'Program for Painting in Summer: Allen Jones fecit' explaining the themes and reference points for the room and which the painting should contain, with details of star signs
-ink and pencil sketches
-typescript document titled 'The Summer Room with the Sun Table and Chairs' explaining the themes and symbolism in the room with pencil annotations
-photocopied typescript document titled 'The Summer Room, captions 1'
-b&w polaroid photograph of Summer with the Sun table and chairs in situ, looking towards the cabinets
-typescript document titled 'captions' and annotated 'superseeded'[sic]
-photocopied typescript notes of quotations relating to Summer and typescript additions relating to Apollo
-colour transparency by Lucinda Lambton labelled 'Jencks: 17 Lansdown Walk Dining Room (1978-80)' [image loose]

Contents of a folder labelled 'Winter & Spring: 1982 plans and ceiling'.

Includes:
-furniture designs in pencil, coloured pencil and photocopy
-manuscript notes of names and telephone numbers
-b&w polaroid photographs taken standing between Spring and Winter looking at the Solar Stair
-pencil sketch with coloured pencil on thin paper showing a perspective drawing of the first floor looking from Winter into Spring, stapled to a thicker piece of paper
-sketch plan on tracing paper with coloured pencil showing Winter and Spring
-coloured pencil design for a clock

Contents of a folder labelled 'furniture'. Includes:

-letter from Pauline Stein and Theodora Kinder regarding an introduction to Knoll furniture, 1984
-pencil, ink, and coloured pencil sketches of furniture designs on paper and tracing paper, and photocopies of sketches
-advertisement and price list for Professional Woodworkers tables
-invoice from Ulisse Pagliara, Milano for '3 pannelli in ceramica for garden' with sketches on the reverse in pen
-b&w photograph of the Sun table and Sun chairs in situ in Summer
-cardboard model of a storage unit (flattened)
-sketches labelled 'Spiral of Life' on lined paper with drawings of ovals
-sketches labelled 'patterns to represent' with drawings of cosmological entities
-colour polaroid photographs of a model of the Sun table
-pencil and ink drawing of a chair/stool design (folded)
-cover of and pages from House & Garden April 1985 [price in USD] with an article on the Thematic House titled 'Star-Struck House' with photographs by Richard Bryant
-manuscript notes titled 'Craftsmen - furniture [illegible]' with names and phone numbers
-pages torn from magazines including an article relating to Russian revolutionary ceramics, an advertisement for Wedgwood, and an advertisement for Medite MDF furniture featuring the Sun chairs and Sun table
-Private view card for 'The Omega Workshops: Alliance and Enmity in English Art 1911-1920' at Anthony D'Offay, Dering Street, 1984
-designs for St. Augustine and Danae lights

Contents of a folder labelled 'London Column'.

Includes:
-ink designs for columns, coloured in with pencil, overlayed with tracing paper labelled 'TSA 136'
-pencil sketches of column designs on paper and tracing paper
-ink sketches of column designs
-photocopied column designs
-coloured pencil sketches of column designs
-prints on photographic paper of computer-generated column designs with numbers
-rough ink sketches and manuscript notes on headed paper for The Aga Khan Award for Architecture
-pencil sketches and coloured pencil sketches on paper and tracing paper
-pencil sketches on the reverse of University of California, Los Angeles headed paper relating to sun, rain and column symbols.
-pencil and ink sketches on notepaper showing the exterior of the house
-print outs of computer-generated designs with variables listed at the side including facets at shaft, facets at base and number of columns.
-ink drawing labelled 'London Column' with notes on the weather and hifi speakers on blue paper

Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House: Moonwell (Seconds)'.

Includes:
-whiteprint of the Moonwell showing plans and sections. Annotated in pen '2nds Moonwell' (folded)
-ink sketches on Terry Farrell Partnership headed paper
-unlabelled whiteprint with pencil annotations including a floorplan (folded)
-unlabelled whiteprint section and plan drawings (folded)
-photocopied rough sketches of the Moonwell
-whiteprint titled 'Light Well: Ideas' (folded)
-photocopied scale drawing of the Moonwell on Terry Farrell Partnership headed paper
-ink and pencil sketches
-photocopied page from an unknown publication, headed 'Outlines of Chinese symbolism and art motives' with an illustration of Liu Hai and a post-it note labelled '5.83, 3'
-b&w polaroid looking up into the Moonwell, annotated '19'
-b&w photograph of the completed Moonwell taken from the Jump Room
-pencil sketch of sun and moon symbolism dated '5.83'