 The Pearl estate eventually came into the hands of Andrew Glendenning, who worked it as successful farmland well into the 1920s.John Lester purchased other land (124 acres opposite the Pearl Estate on Brookfield Road) from Edward Dunscomb and later inherited another on Old Placentia Road (present day Admiralty Wood) from Pearl's sister, Eunice Blamey.John Lester died in 1893 leaving his estate, called "FairMead", to sons Ashton and James.