Leeds Permanent Building Society

[1] The Society's first offices were located in Exchange Buildings in Lands Lane, where business was conducted from 10am to 4pm, and also 7pm to 9pm on Tuesdays.

Ten years later there were 3500 members and assets of £175,000, and the Society was printing leaflets claiming to be the “largest in the world”.

[1] In 1930, head office moved to newly constructed premises at the corner of Cookridge Street and The Headrow – Permanent House - designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and local architect C.W.

[3] The post war period saw a series of acquisitions: in 1946, London & North Eastern Railway; 1952, Midlands; 1959, Doncaster; 1961, Aberdeen Property Investment; and 1970, Earlestown.

In 1964 the board approved a research project to investigate the conversion of mechanical accounting to electronic data processing.

[9] Permanent House was the society's home until the move to new premises in Lovell Park opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1993.