| Description | Contains Beverley Minster restoration records including correspondence files 1954-1991, correspondence with contractors and related records 1956-1981, reports and inspections 1954-1982, research records and publications 1898-1981, photographs and slides 1956-1980s, miscellaneous records 1953-1981; Hull Holy Trinity Church restoration of nave roof correspondence 1954-1958, other correspondence 1976 and Ripon Cathedral correspondence 1985-1991. |
| AdminHistory | The firm was founded by Walter H Godfrey in East Sussex in the 1930s; it was then passed on to his son Walter Emil Godfrey and became Carden and Godfrey. The firm moved to London in the 1950s. |
| CustodialHistory | Transferred via the British Records Association (BRA 2919) following work completed by the East Sussex Record Office. |