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- 30th November 1874 (Creation)
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5 items, paper, pinned, in envelope with 144 and 145.
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Receipt for taking down encaustic tiles and clean and fix new ones to jambs of fireplace and hearth - including costs of labour, plaster, a jack, and cement - in Mr Morgan's rooms, M staircase (rooms 1, 3-6), N staircase (rooms 1-4), Lecture Room, Mr Crouch's room, O staircase (rooms 1-4);
For repairing plaster over door in Q staircase (rooms 5 and 6), P staircase (rooms 1, 4-5);
For making a model for stove, and for repairing floor and ease door in Mr Morgan's rooms;
For repairing chimney piece in F staircase, room 4;
For making and hanging a door, preparing jambs to receive the door, repairing two other doors; lining wall with boarding, and punching down the nail heads on the staircase in Mr Fairbairn's rooms (including cost of materials);
For preparing and fixing tiles to side of fire place in Mr Crouch's room;
For repairing and fixing two casements and frames in bedroom and pipe room in B staircase (including cost of materials);
For repairing the plastering in Mr Campion's and Mr Whiteley's rooms;
For painting [?] windows and repairing plastering in C and D staircase;
For taking down, cleaning, and refixing tiles to the fireplace (including cost of labour and materials), making good the walls, fixing the sideboards, and fixing the ventilator in Dr Westmorland's rooms;
For making good the walls in Dr Thompson's room;
For repairing plastering in bedroom and over door in sitting room after putting in new ventilators in L staircase;
For repairing plasterwork and digging out earth for new floor in L[?]'s rooms (including costs of labour (labourers and bricklayers), bricks, mortar, and waster disposal);
Various other similar repairs (windows, plastering, doors etc.) in B3, I2, I5, I9, C2, H1, H9, F1;
Preparing and fixing 3 casements and new door and frame and jamb linings in lecture rooms and repair floor (H1), including costs of material (deal, screws, casement fastenings, and labour time);
Rehanging and repairing shutters in E1;
Work to windows and fixing cabin hooks in C staircase (including brass hooks and screws, and 11 hours labour).
Total cost £33 14s 7d.