Hotel de l'Europe

Historic Jersey buildings 4-5 Mulcaster Street, St Helier In its heyday its proximity to the Harbour and the town centre made the Hotel de l'Europe one of the most important in St Helier. Opened in the mid-19th century and renowned for comfortable accommodation and excellent cuisine, today it is no longer a hotel, but a restaurant and nightspot called Chambers Index of all house profiles If you own this property, have ancestors who lived here, or can provide any further information and photographs, please contact us through editorial@jerripedia.org

The hotel in the 19th century

Property name

4-5 Mulcaster Street

Other names

Hotel de l'Europe

Location

Mulcaster Street

Type of property

Mid-19th century hotel, now public house and nightspot

Valuations

No recent transactions

Families associated with the property

• Messervy: George Messervy opened a school here in 1832 - see advert below

Census returns

• 1861 4, Mary Burman (44) shopkeeper
• 1871 5, William Mutton (29) butcher, wife Clara (28), four children, father and mother
• 1891 4-5, Hotel de l’Europe: Mary Mourant (54) hotel keeper, staff and boarders
• 1901 4-5, Hotel de l’Europe: Pierre Tremel (52) hotel proprietor , wife Emilie

Almanac listings

• 1880-1886: Hotel de l’Europe, Mme Delepine
• 1890: J Pearce
• 1900-1921: Hotel de l’Europe, Pierre Tremel
• 1925-1930: Hotel de l’Europe
• 1935: Hotel de l’Europe, M E Langin
• 1940: Hotel de l’Europe, F M Rault
• 1950-1960: Hotel de l’Europe, R H Holland
• 1965-1990: Hotel de l’Europe

Historic Environment Record entry

Listed building

A late 19th century hotel (now public house) retaining some of its original proportions.

Originally the Hotel L'Europe, known for its association with Karl Marx, who was said to have dined here on a number of occasions.

Mid-terrace, four-bay, three storeys.

Notes and references

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  The proprietor when this photograph was taken was P Tremel
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  A formal dinner at the l'Europe in 1927

Advertising

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  George Messervy advertised the opening of his new school in Mulcaster Street in a 1832 advert in L'Impartial ...
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  ... his advert in the Jersey Times claimed that he had improved the Lancasterian System of Education
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  1922
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  Tariff
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  Hotel de l'Europe
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  A postcard sent to Pornichet in Brittany from the hotel in 1913
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  1964 tourism guide advert
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  1863
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  1888
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  Before Madame Delepine opened the Mulcaster Street hotel she had run the business under the same name at 11 Don Street - 1860 advert in Chronique de Jersey
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  Advert in Chronique de Jersey, 1880

Chambers

Pictures of today's restaurant and nightspot

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