La Solitude Cottages
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Property name
La Solitude Cottages
Other names
- La Solitude Terrace
- Swallow Cottage
Location
Rue de la Solitude, St Martin
Type of property
Three cottages, previously a terrace of four houses [1]
Valuations
No 2 sold for £200,000 in 2004 and £420,000 in 2007
Families associated with the property
- Gautier: In 1941 Alice Jane Gautier, née Holley (1915- ) was living here with her son, Patric Charles Gautier
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
A row of mid-19th century cottages retaining historic character and forming a picturesque grouping in a coastal valley setting. Properties at location shown on 1849 Godfray Map.
Originally a terrace of four houses called La Solitude Terrace - now 1 and 2 La Solitude Cottages and Swallow Cottage. Census entries back to 1851 record occupants were primarily fishermen/mariners and agricultural labourers.
A row of two-storey cottages, built against the valley side.
Notes and references
- ↑ Note: The 50 vergée farm, La Solitude, which was the principal property on La Rue de la Solitude, is now demolished, apparently in the 1960s--judging by what has replaced it. It was approached by a curved entrance drive, entered between two granite posts, engraved with the property`s name and a shield bearing Messervy arms. This led, via the curve, to the south-facing farm, with outhouses or wings of the house, also facing up the drive. The property backed on to Rue de la Solitude, to which it had presumably given its name. On approaching, in this day, the site of the former farmhouse, the position of the outhouse/wing to the right is now occupied by a van park. Of the farmhouse, no trace remains. On the left side, despite the otherwise beautiful rural setting, there are now 1960s commercial premises. This was a Messervy and Renouf property, with Noel associations
