His spouse, Mary McEwan Gore Graham, was working in the nearby village of Broadway during World War II when she first visited Snowshill Manor in 1945.

Among the design projects he worked on while at Unwin and Parker's firm was the visionary planned community in north London, the Hampstead Garden Suburb.

Wade rendered its houses, harbour, fishing boats and gear, and inhabitants, in 1:10 to 1:12 scale, from wood, straw, plaster, textiles and other materials.

Over time, he expanded Wolf's Cove such that it attracted hundreds of visitors a year, including Virginia Woolf, Queen Mary, and the poet John Betjeman.

[5] In addition to the many drawings and paintings he produced for his own interest, Wade also illustrated the travel guide Bruges[6] by Mary Stratton (1914) and The Spirit of the House by Kate Murray (1915).