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Orchard Way Estate, Putnoe Lane, Bedford. File including the following: - Copy plan of proposed houses to be erected on the Orchard Way Estate, Putnoe Lane, Bedford, for Messrs Rafest Ltd of Luton, Bedfordshire. Architects W T Sharpe, Ampthill, Beds. Front, rear and side elevations, ground floor and first floor plan, section. (Scale: 4ft:1in) [Apr 1953]; - Copy plan of alternative elevation for detached houses type B1 (Scale 1/4in:1ft); - Copy plan of alternatoivbe elevation for proposed houses at Putnoe, type A2 (Scale 1/4in:1ft) Architect W T Sharpe Ltd, Ampthill [Jul 1953]; - - Copy plan of alternatoivbe elevation for proposed houses at Putnoe, (Scale 1/4in:1ft) Architect W T Sharpe Ltd, Ampthill [Jul 1953]; - Site plan of estate. (Scale 30ft:1in). Ink on paper. Shows existing properties and house types. June 1953. Leonard Hill, Incorporated Surveyor & Civil Engineer, Survey House, 18 Cardiff Road, Luton; - Letter to McConnells from W T Sharpe Linited, Contractors, 18 Cardiff Road, Luton, regarding the colour of paint and flooring in the house at Plot 13, Orchard Way Estate [28 Jan 1956]; - Property details, 13 Orchard Way Estate (25 Poplar Avenue) [12 Nov 1956]; - Sales brochure, with details of the situation of the estate in Bedford, details of the 'truly pleasing, labour saving, semi-detatched residence from 2700' with illustrations, and a plan of the layout of the estate; - Brief specification of works required and materials to be supplied for the erection of houses on the Orchard Way Estate, by W T Sharpe Limited; - Letter regarding the construction of the house on Plot 2 from Dixon Martell & Batcheldor on behalf of Mr G R Townsend, with extracts from a surveyors report regarding poor construction [28 Apr 1954]; - Reply to the above refuting the claims [1 May 1954]; - Letter from McConnells to F E Hawkes & Co., Chartered Accountants, complaining about the lack of showhouse and slow completion of the estate [25 May 1954]; - Poster advertising the development; - Brief specification of works required and materials to be supplied for the erection of a house on Plot No.4 The Orchard Way Estate, Putnoe Lane, Bedford, for Messrs Rafest Ltd by W T Sharpe Ltd, Ampthill [n.d.]; - Sales Particulars of house at Plot 28, Orchard Way Estate, Bedford [16 Feb 1955]; - Sales Particulars of house at Plot 31, Orchard Way Estate, Bedford [8 Sep 1955]; - Sales Particulars of house at Plot 19, Orchard Way Estate, Bedford [6 Jun 1954]; - Sales Particulars of house at 18 Orchard Way, Bedford [22 Mar 1955]; - Sales Particulars of house at Plot 14, Orchard Way Estate, Bedford [12 Jun 1956]; - Receipt for commission paid to J Shaw & Others in account with McConnells for arranging the sale of Phase II of the Orchard Way Estate, Poplar Avenue, Putnoe Lane, Bedford to Messrs Hunter & Inskip in the sum of 7500 [10 Oct 1957]; - Copy plan of development of housing site at Poplar Avenue for Messrs Hunter & Inskip. Twenty houses and thirteen bungalows. (Scale 30ft:1in) Architect Richard H Pickles, 51 Bromham Road, Bedford. [25 Apr 1957]; - Sale of property and details for contract Plot 26, Orchard Way Estate, Bedford [3 Feb 1955]; - Correspondence regarding variations in the house at Plot 30, Orchard Way Estate, Bedford [Mar 1955].

1953 - 1957

From: 1953 To: 1957

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architects, W T & Co.Ltd Sharpe, Bedford Poplar Avenue, Bedford Putnoe Lane