Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
Windsor House
Other names
Location
Old Road, Gorey Village, Grouville
Type of property
19th century village house
Transactions and valuations
Bought by the Caesarea Association in 1973 as a home for senior citizens, and sold 20 years later to allow a larger property to be purchased to replace it
Sold for £340,000 in 2002 and £625,000 in 2017
Families associated with the property
- Laffoley: In 1941 Thomas Arthur Laffoley (1893- ), his sister Annie Mourant Laffoley (1879- ), his son Jack Allen Laffoley (1928- ) and Yvonne Raymonde Laffoley were living here
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
House of early 19th century origins, although greatly altered to the principal street elevation. Three-bay, two-storey. Pitched slate roof, brick chimney at east end, rendered at west end.
Limestone plaque at east end inscribed "Il y a plus de plaisir a pardonner qu'il n'y a a se venger, 1823", granite stone above inscribed with star of David, surviving patch of render in northeast corner of elevation indicates whole elevation rendered in 19th century.
Large granite lintel and raised granite block surrounds.
