Plans of mainly monuments, headstones, memorials and sundials, ca. 1940-1968 / F. Arnold & Sons Pty Ltd

PXD 1219

fonds

ca. 1940-1968

Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings

910407

46 technical drawings - pencil, ink and diazotypes - approx. 241.5 x 57 cm or smaller

Frederick Arnold opened the Monumental Masonry Works at the corner of Wellington and Regent Streets, Sydney, in March, 1879. In 1915 the firm took over the 'yellow block' quarry in Cascade Street Paddington. In 1967 the firm's head office moved from 53 Regent Street to Cascade Street, Paddington. Herbert T. Arnold, youngest son of Frederick Arnold, was managing director from about 1910 until 1979. The firm ceased trading 1979.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

PXD 1219/Box 1

Stone or granite headstone and memorial designs
Includes registered headstone designs nos.: 16776, 16777, 18618, 19883, 19990, 19991, 19992, 20196, 20197, 20198, 20199, 20200. (12 ink drawings, on one sheet, 38.5 x 36.5 cm on tracing paper)

Suggested designs for sundials
F. Arnold & Sons Ltd. Monumental Sculptors. Office & Showyard, 53 Regent St., Sydney. On back: Harding & Halden, Plan Printers, 9 Barracks Street, Sydney, Phone B 5597. (Scale one inch equals one foot. 17 prints of technical drawings, 30.5 x 15 cm or smaller)

Design for gate piers for St Pauls C. of E. City
Scale one inch equals one foot.
(Black ink drawing on linen paper, approx. 46 x 28 cm)

Sketch showing an alternative construction of slabs
(Pencil drawing, on blue paper, approx. 19 x 23.5 cm)

Plan of proposed memorial, Rookwood Cemetery, to order. F.W. Lynch, Esq.
F. Arnold & Sons Ltd, Monumental Sculptors, 53 Regent St., City.
(Pencil drawing, 30 x 23.5 cm)

Plan of headstone and monument of 'Curry' design
(Pencil drawing, approx. 21 x 26 cm)
(On back of typed letter with F. Arnold & Sons letterhead, addressed to K.O. Matthews re available granites for slabs for Curry monument. Signed by H.T. Arnold, dated 23 Oct. 1941)

Plan of proposed font for Christ Church of England, Gunnedah
Leith C. McCredie & Richardson, Architects, Sydney.
(Pencil drawing, approx. 35 x 24 cm)

Plan of proposed bubbler fountain memorial (Mrs Raymond Laurence, Ganmain, N.S.W.)
F. Arnold & Sons, Pty Ltd, 53 Regent St, City.
(Dyeline drawings of elevation, section and plan, 34 x 20.5 cm)

Plan of proposed memorial to the late Gilbert Storey, Church of England Cemetery, Field of Mars. F. Arnold & Sons, Pty Ltd, 53 Regent St, Sydney, MA5232.
Bottom left hand corner: Registration applied for.
(Pencil drawings of front, side elevation, perspective and plan, on tracing paper, 39 x 46 cm)

Plan for proposed memorial to the late ... (no name). Catholic Cemetry [sic] Rookwood
F. Arnold & Sons Pty Ltd, 53 Regent St, City.
(Perspective, drawing in pencil, 28.5 x 37 cm)

PXD 1219/Box 2

Technical drawing for a column (rolled) (Pencil drawing on tracing paper, 241.5 x 57 cm)

PXD 1219/Box 3

Mainly blueprints of plans for vaults, baptismal fonts and gravestones. Also includes plans for the concrete foundations of a column, a plan for the detail of a wall and stairs at eastern end of surf pavilion, South Steyne, Manly, and copies of drawings (hand coloured) of stone surrounds for fireplaces.

PXD 1219/Folder 1

Working detail of Cincotta family vault, Field of Mars Cemetery (Blueprint, 54.5 x 73.5)

Forms part of MLMSS 3621

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years.

Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4569 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13

Dated from Library correspondence file