Hue Street

Architecture historian Andre Ferrari bemoaned the loss of historic buildings in this section of an article in the St Helier parish magazine Town Crier

"For a certain generation, the Hue Street area will always remain part of Lost Jersey, an entire quarter of 18th century houses, lost to the mania of total clearance for 1970s redevelopment. Had it been respected and saved, it would now be one of the town's most charming areas, a place for tourists and locals to enjoy.

"That loss has rather blinded us to the other interesting areas of town which have been devastated, long after Hue Street was recognised as a terrible mistake.

6 Hue Street, built in 1767, photographed in 1930

Hue Street

Artist's impression

Planning officers' record

The first set of photographs were taken by planning officers in 1965 as part of a record of town streets

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Numbered properties

These photographs of individually numbered properties were taken by planning officers before demolition started

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  No 1
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  No 2
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  No 2
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  No 2
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  5½ Hue Street
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  No 6
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  No 6
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  No 8
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  No 8
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  No 8a
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  No 8 Mayfield Cottages
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  No 8 Mayfield Cottages
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  No 9
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  No 10
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  No 10
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  No 10
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  No 11
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  No 12
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  No 12
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  No 15
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  No 15 Cottages
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  Described in the the Société Jersiaise photo archive as No 51½, this actually No 15½
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  No 18
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  No 18
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  No 18
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  No 18
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  No 18
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  Hue Cottages
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  Hue Cottages
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  Hue Cottages
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  No 21
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  No 22
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  No 22
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  No 23
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  No 23
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  O Eloury, grocer, at No 23
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  No 24, St Helier's second post office
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  No 24
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  The building which became the Post Horn public house
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  No 25
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  No 29
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  No 29
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  No 31
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  No 27
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  No 27
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  Cobbler's shop, 1900

1974 Jersey Evening Post aerial photograph showing the cleared area

General views

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  A datestone on a Hue Street building
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  A cobbler's shop in 1900
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  1980
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  24 Hue Street: Jersey's post office was here from 1794 to 1827
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  The junction of Hue Street and Union Street
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  The junction of Hue Street and Old Street
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  2003

Hue Court, built on the site of the old Hue Street properties

Demolition

All that was left in 1977

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  Before 1970s demolition
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  Before 1970s demolition
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  Before 1970s demolition
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  Before 1970s demolition
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  Before 1970s demolition
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  1970s demolition
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  Shop demolition under way in 1973
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  Demolition under way
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  Demolition in Hue Street
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  Demolition work in the 1970s
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  1970s demolition
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  Demolition
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  Demolition almost complete
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  Jersey Evening Post photograph

Hue Street in 2007

Maps and plans

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  A map showing the layout of Hue Street in 1960
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  Architects' maps before the redevelopment
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  Architects' maps before the redevelopment
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  Architects' maps before the redevelopment
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  Architects' maps before the redevelopment
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  Architects' maps before the redevelopment

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  An aerial view of the cleared site
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  Construction work in 1977

Businesses

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File:1857AdPawnbroker.jpg|1857 File:W16AdPawnbrokers1858.jpg|1858 File:GM21JerseyIndependent1859HueStreet.jpg|1859 File:S24Chronique1860Bowring.png|1860 File:GM21Ad1859HueStreet.jpg|1859 File:S24LoyalistTouzel1828.png|Upholsterers Francis and Jane Touzel were in business in ‘Old Post Office Street’ (Hue Street) in 1828