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Property name
11 Broad Street
Other names
Commercial House
Location
Broad Street, St Helier
Type of property
Town shop
Valuations
Sold for £6.8 million in 2005
Families and businesses associated with the property
For several years in the 1870s and '80s there was a bank at 11 Broad Street. This was the Commercial Banking Company. It was preceded in 1852 by merchant Henry Bragg, about whom nothing else is known. There were several tenements behind the Broad Street frontage, but the 1861 and 1871 census returns do not shown anyone obviously trading from the premises.
In the 1890s Misses Whetton are listed in almanac street directories, followed by W Moyse and S Picot in the 1910s, '20s and '30s, before the property was entirely refurbished for the Jersey Electricity Company to move there in January 1939. They have moved their retail operation to Queen's Road and 11 Broad Street, having been a toy shop for several years, is home to Pound Magic.
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
An idiosyncratic example of 1930s street architecture which retains its original Art Deco character. Some well designed and crafted original external features including a very rare light fitting. Circa 1935, designed by Roy Blampied for the Jersey Electricity Company. Three-storey (third storey set back), two-bay.
Between bays is mounted a white glazed column light with geometric bracket at the base.
