| Description | Substantial records and correspondence primarily regarding: the purchase; finance; and alterations of Primrose Cottage. Correspondence between Leonard Elmhirst and: John Warde, solicitor for Primrose Cottage; Robert Hening, architect; H S Goldey, The Guaranty Trust; Crosse and Crosse Solicitors; Ada Aylott, former owner of Primrose Cottage; Whitton and Laing, Surveyors and Valuers; Starkey, Knight and Ford Limited, Brewers of Tiverton; F L Brealy, builder for W Brealy; and Price Waterhouse and Co, accountants.
Material includes; telegrams; receipts including: a receipt for documents relating to Primrose Cottage listing the documents delivered by Leonard Elmhirst to Crosse and Crosse Solicitors (1951); reports including: a report by Whitton and Laing Surveyors and Valuers; and 'Proposed Alterations to Primrose Cottage, Countess Wear, Exeter: Outline Specification', by Hening and Chitty; Draft Lease of Primrose Cottage, from Leonard Elmhirst to John Warde (1951); a copy of an agreement between Starkey Knight and Ford Limited and Leonard Elmhirst; and a 'Summary of Final Account as agreed with W Brealy' (1953). |