Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
17 Mulcaster Street
Location
Mulcaster Street, St Helier
Type of property
Early 19th century town house and shop
Valuations
No recent transactions
Families and businesses associated with the property
Census returns
- 1861: John Le Roy (70) optician, Mary (57)
- 1881: Samuel Wright (33) widower, eating house
- 1891: Frederick Luckarift (30) florist, wife Carterette (24) three children
- 1901: William Bridle (56) general merchant, wife Elvina (53) two children
Almanac listings
- 1880: S Wright, eating house
- 1809: W Luckarift
- 1895-1900: W Keeping
- 1905-1925: W G Bridle
- 1930-1965: C H Cristin [1]
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
No 17 is of significance as an early 19th century shop with integral accommodation above retaining its original external form, scale and elevational proportions, which is of townscape interest and group value. In addition, No 17 retains an unusual and good quality oval plan form staircase.
It is a tangible reminder of the outward growth of the historic core of St Helier in the early-mid 19th century, whose development is bound up with the expansion of the town following the end of the wars with France; a period which had a significant impact on the life and economy of the town and saw the appearance of large scale retail frontages for the first time.
Mulcaster Street formed an important connection from the old town to the newly constructed waterfront and harbour. The building is shown on the 1834 Le Gros Map.
Mid-terrace, three-bay, three-storey shop with accommodation above. The building retains its original external form, scale and elevational proportions, although with loss of some original fabric.
The architectural interest is enhanced by the contribution of the building to a larger group. No 17, together with its neighbours in the block between Wharf Street and Bond Street, and some of the properties on the south side of the street, is of townscape interest forming a collective 19th century street scene sitting between the town church and the weighbridge area. [2]
The only interior feature of interest is the oval plan-form mahogany staircase, which is constructed in a tight spiral continuous from ground floor to the attic.
Notes and references
- ↑ In 1941 Clarence Henry Cristin (1897- ) was living here with his mother, Ada Jane Cristin, née Ogier (1872- ); his wife Elsie, nee Foster (1897- ) and their children David Foster Cristin (1930- ) and Janet Elizabeth (1935- )
- ↑ This assessment is identical to that made for Nos 15 and 16
1857
1862
