This was the date that Philip eventually signed a Deed of Gift to the Trust. Valued at three million pounds, the deed included the house, furniture, 1,964 acres of land, 14 farms and several houses and cottages in Wrexham and Ruabon, all of which had been part of Phillip's personal estate.
A supplemental agreement was made the same day, in which the Trust had also to agree to continue the Yorke custom of allowing the grounds to be used for fox hunting, camping and other boy scouting activities. The National Coal Board offered to pay £120,000 compensation to the Trust for the damage caused by mining.
63 acres of Erddig Park was subsequently sold for £995,000 which paid for restoration work on the house, which was completed when the Prince of Wales officially opened the house to the public on 27 June 1977.
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