Property name
Anneville
Previous names
- Anneville Farm
- Maison d'Anneville
Location
Rue de Guilleaume et d'Anneville, St Martin
Type of property
18th century farm group
Families associated with the property
Datestones
- Over door PG SM 1766 [1] - Philippe Godfray, son of Edmund Godfray and Marie de Quettville, and Sara Messervy, daughter of George Messervy and Sara Germain, who married at St Andrews, Guernsey, on 7 September 1750
- PM RM 1741 - Philippe Messervy (Sara's grandfather) and Rachel Machon
- PGF FFV 1794 - For Philippe and Sara's son Philippe, and his wife Francoise Fauvel
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
A farm group retaining some original 18th century exterior features and character. Shown on the Richmond Map of 1795. Main building: Front elevation: Slate roof, stone chimneys. Random rubble with ashlar quoins and quoined window surrounds.
Cottages: Front elevation: Approx six bays on one side and two on other, two entrances. Slate roof, stone chimney. Moulded gable stones. Random rubble walls, stone quoins and quoined window and door surrounds. Stone lintels and sills. Volieres in wall. Arched passage into farmyard now blocked in and converted to flats.
Stables: Front elevation: Slate roof. Random rubble. First floor window surrounds in brick. Ground floor various stone lintels, including one chamfered lintel, two chamfered sills, stone uprights and quoins. Side elevation: Gable end wall. Random rubble. Moulded gable stones. Ground and first floor door/loft openings.
Old Jersey Houses
Not included
Other information
One of many properties throughout the island that Charles II is reputed to have stayed at. There is no more evidence for a stay here than at any other house.
The datestones indicate that this was a Messervy family property in the first half of the 18th century and passed by marriage into the Godfray family.
Notes and references
- ↑ Possibly 1760
