La Hauteur, St Mt
Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
La Hauteur
Location
Rue d'Aval, St Martain
Type of property
19th century farm group
Valuations
No recent transactions
Families associated with the property
- Dumaresq: Early 19th century and perhaps much earlier
- de Quetteville: D. de Quetteville in 1849
- Mollet
- Ahier - In 1941 the property was occupied by Clarence George Ahier (1890- ), his wife Irene May, nee Vining (1902- ) and their daughter Doreen Joan (1925- )
- Valpy: John Valpy left the house to John Hooper Valpy, who was the Rector of Grouville from 1922 to 1952. According to family legend he sold it to raise money to send his sons Kenneth and Peter to Victoria College.
Datestones
- EML 1859 - For Edouard Mollet [1]
- EDM 1835 - For Edouard Dumaresq
- CDM 1637 - For Clement Dumaresq
- ILG 1662 - Possibly for Jean Le Gros or Le Gallais
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
An historic farm group, principally early-mid 19th century, including an elegant 1830s farmhouse, and outbuildings, retaining interior and exterior features of historic significance, including fine stonework. Main house dated 1835. Possible earlier origins on site as another window lintel built into the outhouse is dated 1662.
Historic farm group. Main house (5-bay, 2-storey) with a 2-bay, single storey dower house to the east; 2 bay, single storey dairy/kitchen wing to the west. Late 19th century 2-bay, 2-storey extension on north side (of lesser significance). Two-storey outbuilding range, dated 1859, forms north side of courtyard. Single storey outbuilding range forms west side of courtyard.
Elliptical arch gateway with EML 1859 on keystone.
Old Jersey Houses
The briefest of entries in Volume 2 notes three datestones
Notes and references
- ↑ On arch over the stable
