Deeds of 129-130 Kings Road, and 68-69 Regency Square, Brighton

These three bundles of deeds relate to the three properties on the South-East corner of Regency Square and Kings Road, Brighton, built in 1820 to the designs of William Mackie of Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road, London, architect; a copy of the Southern elevation of 69 Regency Square and 129 Kings Road is endorsed on AMS 6717/1/1. The titles are far from complete, and the bundles show all the signs of having been sold off piecemeal before their acquisition by the donor. The houses in Regency Square and the use of the pleasure-grounds and lawns were regulated by covenants in the original conveyances, which extended for 71 years from December 1818. The Corporation assumed control of the square under the Brighton Improvement Act of 1884 and extended the covenants indefinitely.

<p>For the minutes of the Regency Square Committee, 1885-1945, see DB/B/302/1-2; for the deeds of the Edmund Clay Memorial Schools in Queensbury Mews, with the same root of title from 1793, see PAR 269/25/1; HOW 7/6, 13/6, 21/3, 21/10; for mortgages of both houses by Thomas Attree to Charles Elliott of Grove House in Clapham, esq, and his son Charles Elliott of Delhi, India, 5 Aug 1820 and 5 Feb 1826, discharged 1852, see HOW 7/6; for a lease of 84 Kings Road and 69 Regency Square by Attree to James Dumbrell of Brighton, plumber and glazier, 5 Dec 1828, see HOW 13/6.</p>

Donated 5 February 1999 (ACC 7831)

The donor purchased these documents from an antique dealer at the Brighton Station Sunday Market in February 1994.