Victorian Indenture Deed — The Sun Permanent Benefit Building Society, Liverpool (1885)
Victorian Indenture Deed — The Sun Permanent Benefit Building Society, Liverpool (1885)
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A large handwritten Victorian legal indenture dated January 3, 1885, issued by The Sun Permanent Benefit Building Society of Liverpool. The document records the conveyance of a dwelling house and hereditaments located at No. 4 Church Villas, Lower Breck Road, West Derby, Lancashire, to Thomas Warburton, Esq.
Executed in elegant period calligraphy with decorative blackletter heading reading “This Indenture,” the document includes original ink signatures, embossed revenue stamps, and a red wax seal affixed near the lower margin. The paper also retains a printed fiscal stamp reading “One Pound Fifteen Shillings — 85,” indicating the legal duty paid.
The lower section includes handwritten notations referencing Wiles Harper & Co., Solicitors, Liverpool, along with witness signatures and the official seal of the building society.
The document is written on laid legal paper with ruled red margins, typical of late-19th-century British legal documents. The scale and penmanship make it visually striking as both a historical artifact and decorative object.
A large handwritten Victorian legal indenture dated January 3, 1885, issued by The Sun Permanent Benefit Building Society of Liverpool. The document records the conveyance of a dwelling house and hereditaments located at No. 4 Church Villas, Lower Breck Road, West Derby, Lancashire, to Thomas Warburton, Esq.
Executed in elegant period calligraphy with decorative blackletter heading reading “This Indenture,” the document includes original ink signatures, embossed revenue stamps, and a red wax seal affixed near the lower margin. The paper also retains a printed fiscal stamp reading “One Pound Fifteen Shillings — 85,” indicating the legal duty paid.
The lower section includes handwritten notations referencing Wiles Harper & Co., Solicitors, Liverpool, along with witness signatures and the official seal of the building society.
The document is written on laid legal paper with ruled red margins, typical of late-19th-century British legal documents. The scale and penmanship make it visually striking as both a historical artifact and decorative object.
Building societies were an important financial institution in 19th-century Britain, allowing members to pool savings in order to finance home purchases. Permanent benefit building societies, such as the Sun Permanent Benefit Building Society in Liverpool, helped facilitate urban home ownership during the rapid expansion of industrial cities.
Indenture deeds like this served as formal legal instruments documenting property conveyance, mortgage agreements, and financial obligations. They were often handwritten by clerks in professional calligraphy and executed with seals, stamps, and signatures to ensure authenticity.
Documents from Liverpool and Lancashire during this period reflect the growth of suburban villa developments in areas like West Derby in the late Victorian era.
Building societies were an important financial institution in 19th-century Britain, allowing members to pool savings in order to finance home purchases. Permanent benefit building societies, such as the Sun Permanent Benefit Building Society in Liverpool, helped facilitate urban home ownership during the rapid expansion of industrial cities.
Indenture deeds like this served as formal legal instruments documenting property conveyance, mortgage agreements, and financial obligations. They were often handwritten by clerks in professional calligraphy and executed with seals, stamps, and signatures to ensure authenticity.
Documents from Liverpool and Lancashire during this period reflect the growth of suburban villa developments in areas like West Derby in the late Victorian era.
Late Victorian (1885)
Late Victorian (1885)
Ink on laid paper, Wax seal, Printed revenue stamp
Ink on laid paper, Wax seal, Printed revenue stamp
England (Liverpool / Lancashire)
England (Liverpool / Lancashire)
Fold lines consistent with original storage, light foxing and paper toning, minor edge wear, wax seal intact with expected age wear, revenue stamp present and adhered
Fold lines consistent with original storage, light foxing and paper toning, minor edge wear, wax seal intact with expected age wear, revenue stamp present and adhered