| Description | Notebook titled by Leonard Elmhirst, 'History of Dartington Hall-Weir, Baker, Fox-4.' 10th Jun 1954 -Gilbert Champernowne's account of a ghost in the Elmhirst Centre (Private House). Which begins with William Weir's visit on 12th Sept 1925-tower, garderobe, stable, church, Great Hall, buttery, solar, Oliver Baker visit-Aug 1926?, Domesday Book, Devon; John & Joan Holland's life- written & typed section (the latter being done on 25th Jan 1954), Sir Cyril Fox's architectural comments-visited 4th-5th May 1957; John Harvey visit 7th & 8th July 1958 (or 1956?) - note from Leonard - 'with Sir Cyril & Lady Fox to lunch Sunday. [Anthony] Emery has been here tow days before to note and sketch for study of domestic architecture.' Leonards' notes (small section from Oct 1968) on sugar beet, Devon marketing i.e. what would be best to grow commercially, possible master masons marks for Dartington Hall, historical notes on Totnes, postcard of Berkeley Castle-The Great Hall. |