- Among the collection of architectural drawings are designs for churches and barracks, as well as Robert Adam's Admiralty screen and other Whitehall-based drawings.
- Design for Whitehall, New Government Buildings, 1936
- Originally providing accommodation for the Board of Trade and the Air Ministry, 'Main Building' was built between 1938 and 1959 to designs by the architect Emmanuel Vincent Harris.
- Fort Southwick, 1871
- The defences at Fort Southwick were thought to be extremely advanced in design, allowing for ease of access to fortification points as well as living quarters which could be easily supplied and cleaned.
- Gateway to the Admiralty, 1760
- The Collection includes two of the original Robert Adam drawings - showing front and rear elevations - for the screen separating the Admiralty Building from Whitehall.
- Whitehall and the Admiralty Screen, 1810
- Augustus Charles Pugin was a gifted draughtsman who produced two illustrated works on Gothic architecture, which greatly influenced his son (Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin) - the driving force behind the design and ornamentation of the Palace of Westminster.
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