The Elgar's homestead National Library Reference Number: Pan-0238-F of 20 rooms Wairarapa Daily Times 25 November 1898 Page 2 and its contents were totally destroyed by fire in November 1923.Luxurious Homestead Burnt. The Evening Post 22 November 1923 Page 7 Being heavily insured the Elgars appointed Heathcote Helmore to design a new one and promptly departed overseas to buy antiques and furnishings for their new home.
