Copt Hall Estate, Essex Acquisition of Copt Hall estate: 399 acres of farmland and SSSI (Sites of Special Scientific Interes 23 November 1988
Commonwealth Folding Screen Acquisition of a screen made in 1659-1669 just after Richard Cromwell had taken over as Protector fo 21 September 1988
Cromford Mills Site Acquisition 2 Acquisition of former trout farm, which included buildings which were part of the original 18th cent 24 February 1988
Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas de Quincey Acquisition at auction of bound manuscript copy of the first instalment of 'Confessions of an Englis 25 October 1988
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Armchair (Hill House) Acquisition of an armchair designed for Hill House by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and specifically fo 25 October 1988
Clifford State Papers, Secret Treaty of Dover Papers of Thomas, 1st Baron Clifford, relating to the Secret Treaty of Dover, etc; chiefly 1660s-167 24 February 1988
Charles Rennie Mackintosh Architectural Drawings (47) Acquisition of a collection of forty-seven architectural designs comprising twenty by Charles Rennie 21 September 1988
C R Cockerell's Ichnographica Domestica Collection of country house (chiefly) plans and architectural sketches and studies made by Charles R 23 June 1988
Brecon Beacons National Park: The Black Mountain Acquisition of 8,680 ha of common land known as the Black Mountain which forms the core of the Breco 24 February 1988
Brighton West Pier 2 Repairs to the Grade I-listed West Pier built in 1863 to designs by Eugenius Birch. 22 March 1988