Laurel House, Grouville
Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
Laurel House
Other names
Oakhurst: Known by this name between 1881 and 1966
Location
Rue Jutize, Grouville
Type of property
1860s Victorian 'villa'
Valuations
Sold for £3.5 million in 2016
Families associated with the property
- Harris: Owners in 1899
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
The house is illustrative of a higher status residence aspired to by prosperous mid-Victorian professionals.
The visual character of the well-proportioned house and the quality of its architectural style are of significance, with the full-height canted bay windows, unusually at the front and back, and the intricately worked cast-iron porch, of which few examples of this type are known elsewhere.
Built circa 1860s/1870 as a detached Victorian 'villa'. The pitched slate roof and rendered chimneys were replaced in the mid-20th century.
The property was owned by members of the press, teachers and shipmasters with links to local schools as well as teacher training institutions as far afield as Jamaica.
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