La Pointe, St O

Historic Jersey buildings La Pointe, St Ouen There is another property of the same name at the junction of another Rue de La Pointe, and Grande Route de St Ouen, further south in the parish 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

Property name

La Pointe, Vinchelez

Location

At the junction of Rue de La Pointe and Rue des Pallieres

Type of property

Historic farm group with early 18th or 17th century origins

Families associated with the property

• Perree: P Perree on Godfray map
• Le Gresley
• Le Cornu

Census - The 1851 census shows the property occupied by farmer Philip Le Gresley (1806- ), his wife Ann (1805- ) and their children Ann Mary, Philip Perree, Mary Arthur, Augusta Jane and Louisa Jane, ranging in age from 11 to 2

The 1901 census shows the Le Boutillier family in two households here. Farmer Edward Le Boutillier (1865- ) was living with his wife Mary Ann, nee Alexandre (1866- ) and their children Wilfred (1887- ) and Hilda (1890- ). In the dower wing Edward's widowed mother Mary Elizabeth, nee Le Huquet (1844- ) was living with her other sons George (1867- ) and Thomas (1871- ) who farmed separately, and daughter Amy (1883- ), a dressmaker. Also in the household was widow Elizabeth Le Boutillier (1815- )

Datestones

Stone in stable with 1734 but the rest of the inscription not deciphered

Historic Environment Record entry

Listed building

Historic farm group, including circa 1810-20 house, retaining historic character and features. Associated farm buildings. McCormack proposes late 18th century origins.

Shown on the Richmond Map of 1795 - refronted early 19th century.

Outbuildings principally 19th century.

Former farm group comprising main farmhouse with converted barn adjoining to east, and detached laverie/boulangerie to south. Rear extension. Main house: two-storey, five-bay.

Old Jersey Houses

"This is an example of a small farm complete with all its appurtenances, including accommodation for horses, cows, heifers, pigs, hay and potato lofts and bakehouse. The cement cladding of the house masks its age, but careful examiunation suggests that it is early 18th, if not 17th century, and that it almost certainly had a tourelle stairway.

"An adjustment of rents in about 1780 shows that the house then belonged to Amice Perree, having previously belonged to Jean Le Cornu, son of Jean, of Les Landes."

Jerripedia user's recollections

This was sent to us by Nicki Heath

"I lived there with my parents, and my grandfather who farmed it, as a small child. The Le Hegerat family, including the current States Deputy Mary, lived there after us. My parents bought a plot of land and built a house and we moved there about 1965.

"La Pointe, when I lived there, and Mary too, had a proper farm courtyard, now sadly obliterated, and a lovely entrance. Various outbuildings, lofts etc and there were French farm workers living in the cottage with a small child a bit younger than me called Patrick.

"I must say I shed a few tears looking at the loss of such a lovely farmstead to what’s there now. I think it started with Mr Jackson, who started building it all in the 1970s, after Mary and her family left.

"Before we lived there, when I was born we lived at Les Fountain Martin, at Grosnez. It was a small cottage with a tin roof in 1961. My mum would go to the spring to collect water. My grandfather Frederic Le Moucheux lived with us. I also knew Les Pailleres, where the Viberts lived, Percy Le Masurier, and cafe Ouen which was still a farm where Francois Le Maistre and his family lived. The Amy family across from La Forge.

"As my mum was a daughter of a farmer, spoke French, she’d often help the various farmers out in the busy times with their new staff. Planting potatoes, standing them, toms etc. I’ve been in most of the farms in that area at sone point or other. She’d bunch daffs for Bert Amy in our garage at Carrefour a Saulx (the bungalow my parents built).

"The bungalow was built where it is because there had been a German shed there. We would find all kinds of German tools when digging in our garden. The foundations being somewhat solid, it was easier and cheaper to use them than try and remove them, they were not going to move. Otherwise the house would have been built in a better location away from the road than it is."