Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
Beauverd
Other names
- Longchamp
- Beau Verd [1]
- Beau Verd Farm
- Beau Verd West
Location
Rue du Poivre, St John
Type of property
Georgian style country house built in 1822 [2]
Valuations
No recent transactions
Families associated with the property
- Holmes: In 1941 William Romeril Holmes (1888- ) and his children Alan Laurie (1924- ) and twins Barbara Daisy (1928- ) and Sheila Edith (1928- ) were living here
Datestones
- 1680 IEL: Nobody has been able to attribute the EL part of the stone to any known family name in 17th century Jersey
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
A well proportioned two-storey five-bay house with an elegant early 19th century Georgian style frontage, retaining features and character of historic significance. House built 1822. Farm buildings to the east. New wing to the west.
Porch at centre with fluted Ionic order columns and dentilled cornice.
Elliptical brick arch over carriage entrance. East end of block much altered for new residential use.
Old Jersey Houses
This property gets no more than a passing mention in the first volume. It is somewhat surprising that it figures at all, because the house, previously called Longchamp, was built in 1822, well after the cut-off point for the book at the end of the 17th century. Perhaps it is the unusual 1680 datestone on an outbuilding which persuaded the author to mention the house. The stone has been hidden since the book was published in 1965.
