1892 Victorian London Mortgage Indenture – Five Battersea Houses on Glycena Road
A large and visually impressive Victorian mortgage indenture on vellum documenting five residential properties on Glycena Road near Lavender Hill in Battersea, southwest London.
The principal indenture was executed on December 5, 1892, between builder George Frost and mortgagee George Albany Payne. It covers five houses identified as Nos. 31, 53, 55, 57, and 59 Glycena Road, situated in the parish of Battersea and then within the County of Surrey.
Under the agreement, Frost mortgaged his interest in the properties to secure a loan of £1,000, repayable with interest at the rate of five percent per annum. The deed describes the houses, their underlying leases, repayment provisions, insurance requirements, and the lender’s remedies should the borrower default.
A later indenture, executed on April 2, 1895, records a transfer or reassignment involving George Albany Payne and William Robert Dunkley. This later agreement is incorporated into the same substantial document and provides a continuation of the properties’ ownership and financial history.
Glycena Road remains a recognizable residential street in Battersea, close to Lavender Hill and Clapham Junction. The houses covered by this mortgage formed part of the intensive late-Victorian development that transformed Battersea from a semi-rural district into one of London’s rapidly expanding residential communities.
The document is written in accomplished legal script within ruled red borders and features an ornate calligraphic heading reading “This Indenture.” It retains multiple Victorian revenue stamps, including large red one-pound and five-shilling stamps dated 1892 and an additional five-shilling stamp dated 1895. Embossed duty impressions, manuscript signatures, sealing ribbons, and red wax seals remain present.
The folded outer panel bears its original manuscript title:
“Mr. George Frost to G. A. Payne Esq. — Mortgage of Nos. 31, 53, 55, 57 and 59 Glycena Road, Lavender Hill, Wandsworth, S.W., to secure £1000 and interest at £5 per centum per annum.”
Condition: Very good for a working legal document more than 130 years old. Original storage folds with associated creasing, scattered toning, minor stains, light handling wear, and several small marginal tears or abrasions. Portions of the manuscript are somewhat pale but remain substantially legible. The decorative heading, property description, signatures, revenue stamps, ribbons, and seals are well preserved. No major textual loss is evident from the supplied photographs.
An attractive piece of Victorian London history with identifiable properties that remain part of the modern Battersea streetscape.
A large and visually impressive Victorian mortgage indenture on vellum documenting five residential properties on Glycena Road near Lavender Hill in Battersea, southwest London.
The principal indenture was executed on December 5, 1892, between builder George Frost and mortgagee George Albany Payne. It covers five houses identified as Nos. 31, 53, 55, 57, and 59 Glycena Road, situated in the parish of Battersea and then within the County of Surrey.
Under the agreement, Frost mortgaged his interest in the properties to secure a loan of £1,000, repayable with interest at the rate of five percent per annum. The deed describes the houses, their underlying leases, repayment provisions, insurance requirements, and the lender’s remedies should the borrower default.
A later indenture, executed on April 2, 1895, records a transfer or reassignment involving George Albany Payne and William Robert Dunkley. This later agreement is incorporated into the same substantial document and provides a continuation of the properties’ ownership and financial history.
Glycena Road remains a recognizable residential street in Battersea, close to Lavender Hill and Clapham Junction. The houses covered by this mortgage formed part of the intensive late-Victorian development that transformed Battersea from a semi-rural district into one of London’s rapidly expanding residential communities.
The document is written in accomplished legal script within ruled red borders and features an ornate calligraphic heading reading “This Indenture.” It retains multiple Victorian revenue stamps, including large red one-pound and five-shilling stamps dated 1892 and an additional five-shilling stamp dated 1895. Embossed duty impressions, manuscript signatures, sealing ribbons, and red wax seals remain present.
The folded outer panel bears its original manuscript title:
“Mr. George Frost to G. A. Payne Esq. — Mortgage of Nos. 31, 53, 55, 57 and 59 Glycena Road, Lavender Hill, Wandsworth, S.W., to secure £1000 and interest at £5 per centum per annum.”
Condition: Very good for a working legal document more than 130 years old. Original storage folds with associated creasing, scattered toning, minor stains, light handling wear, and several small marginal tears or abrasions. Portions of the manuscript are somewhat pale but remain substantially legible. The decorative heading, property description, signatures, revenue stamps, ribbons, and seals are well preserved. No major textual loss is evident from the supplied photographs.
An attractive piece of Victorian London history with identifiable properties that remain part of the modern Battersea streetscape.
