Note from Mary Shearburn [Secretary to WSC, later Mary Thompson] to Eric Seal [Principal Private Secretary to WSC], on WSC's request for an Anderson Shelter for Chartwell [Kent], with reply by John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC] that no-one in the Private Office knew about the matter and asking if one had been ordered from the local authorities.

Letter from [Kathleen Hill, Secretary to WSC] to the Local Food Office, Sevenoaks [Kent], applying for a permit for sugar for feeding the bees at Chartwell. [Carbon].

Note from Kathleen Hill [Secretary to WSC] to WSC, confirming that A E Hill [Gardener, Chartwell, Kent] had received a full ration of sugar for the bees at Chartwell.

Minute from WSC to the Private Office, on the ration of sugar for the bees at Chartwell [Kent].

Minute from Leslie Rowan [Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC, on the ration of sugar for the bees at Chartwell [Kent].

Note by A E Hill, Head Gardener, Chartwell [Kent], on the ration of sugar for the bees at Chartwell.

Letter from the Private Secretary to CSC [Grace Hamblin] to Benham and Sons Limited, sending CSC's cheque for 9l 15s 6d, for the maintenance of boilers at Chartwell [Kent], commenting that it was unsatisfactory that no set charge had been made for the annual inspection. [Carbon].

Note by [? C G] Jackson, Chartwell [Kent] on the account from Benham and Sons Limited for boiler cleaning, which he felt was rather high, suggesting that they charge a flat rate for cleaning all boilers once a year.

Note from Grace Hamblin [Private Secretary to CSC] to [? C G] Jackson, Chartwell [Kent], on the account from Benham and Sons Limited for boiler cleaning.

Account from Benham and Sons Limited, London, 16l 7s for boiler cleaning at Chartwell [Kent].

Letter from the Private Secretary to CSC [Grace Hamblin] to Benham and Sons Limited, London, asking them to carry out maintenance on the boilers at Chartwell [Kent]. [Carbon].

Letter from Benham and Sons Limited, London, to the Private Secretary to CSC [Grace Hamblin], giving notification that maintenance was due on boilers at Chartwell [Kent].

Letter from the Private Secretary to CSC [Grace Hamblin] to Benham and Sons Limited, with thanks for their report on the condition of the boilers at Chartwell [Kent]. [Carbon].

Letter from Benham and Sons Limited, London, to the Private Secretary to CSC [Grace Hamblin], reporting on the inspection of boilers at Chartwell [Kent], in October 1942, reporting that as the house was closed for the duration of the War, the whole of the water supply system had been drained, and that there was no water supply to the house.

Hire agreement between WSC and Sevenoaks and District Electricity Company, for two water heaters and an electric cooker, for Bailiff's Cottage, Chartwell [Kent].

Letter from the Private Secretary to CSC [Grace Hamblin] to Benham and Sons Limited, London, asking them to carry out work on the boilers at Chartwell [Kent] early the following week. [Carbon].

Letter from Benham and Sons Limited, London, to the Private Secretary to CSC [Grace Hamblin], on the control of the heating system at Chartwell [Kent].

Letter from the Private Secretary to CSC [Grace Hamblin] to Benham and Sons Limited, Heating Engineers, London, requesting an estimate for regulating all of the radiators at Chartwell [Kent], as it was not possible to turn off individual radiators, and with fuel rationing this would be necessary. [Carbon].

Letter from the Private Secretary to CSC [Grace Hamblin] to John Mudd, Local Fuel Office, Sevenoaks, Rural District Council, requesting a licence for 5 tons of coke for Chartwell [Kent]. [Carbon].

Letter from A W Southon and Sons, Builders (Edenbridge [Kent]), to CSC, with an estimate for work at Chartwell: painting Horatia Seymour's garage doors, 4l 16s, painting the outside of [the chauffeur's] cottage, 5l 8s, and installing a stove in the kitchen [of CSC's own cottage, for Maryott Whyte], 23 pounds.

Letter from Grace Hamblin [Private Secretary to CSC] to A W Southon and Sons [Builders, Edenbridge, Kent] asking for estimates for work at Chartwell; painting the iron door of Horatia Seymour's garage, painting the outside of the chauffeur's cottage, and replacement of a cooking stove in CSC's own cottage [for Maryott Whyte] with an open fireplace. [Carbon].

Letter from A W Southon and Sons, Builders (Edenbridge [Kent]) to Maryott Whyte, on repairs to the dining room floor of Chartwell Cottage.

Letter from A W Southon and Sons, Builders, (Edenbridge [Kent]), with an estimate for repairs to the dining room floor at Chartwell Cottage, at 30 pounds.

Letter from Grace Hamblin [Private Secretary to CSC] to A W Southon [and Sons, Builder], asking if there was a spare washbasin at Chartwell [Kent], as CSC wished to have one fixed in the new house-maid's cupboard, she was planning not to have any wash stands in the staff bedrooms on the top floor, and did not think that one washbasin in the staff bathroom would be sufficient. [Carbon].

Letter from Grace Hamblin [Private Secretary to CSC] to A W Southon [and Sons, Builder], on CSC's proposed improvements at Chartwell [Kent], particularly arrangement for domestic hot water and the heating of the nursery wing, which was supplied by a separate boiler. She wished that in future it would be better for everything to be harnessed to the main furnaces; her ultimate object was to simplify the heating arrangements. [Carbon].