Documents associated with: White House, lease
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System Number: 06147
Date: 14 September 1877
Author: George and William Webb[1]
Place: London
Recipient: Edward William Godwin[2]
Place: London
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler W144
Document Type: ALS
FROM
GEO. & WM WEBB,
11, AUSTIN FRIARS,
OLD BROAD STREET, E. C.
LONDON
14 Septr 1877
TO E. W. Godwin Esq
8 Victoria Chambers
Westminster
Dear Sir,
Please inform us if the land is freehold or leasehold & if leasehold what terms & fwd rent, what is the price he pays for the land, what is the proposed cost of the house, & what is the presumed value of the land with house on it when completed? If the answers are satisfactory we should have no difficulty in getting the money.
Yours truly,
Geo. & Wm Webb
'80 year lease[3] ab £29
Cost proposed about £1500
val[ue] of whole at 20 years 4800 fee if S. were let sept [separately] one wd get £100 a year[,] other [would get £]140 [a year]'
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Notes:
1. George and William Webb
Lawyers, who raised a mortgage for JW to cover the cost of erecting his new house and studio, the White House, in Tite Street.
2. Edward William Godwin
Edward William Godwin (1833-1886), architect and designer [more].
3. 80 year lease ... a year
The remainder of the text is written at the foot of the letter by Godwin.