Les Vaux, St Mt
Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
Les Vaux
Early 20th century name
Valley Farm
Location
Vallee de Rozel, St Martin
Type of property
19th century house and 18th century cottage
Associated land
Mt. 111, La Pièce Machon, Mt. 143, Clos ou Pièce Machon and possibly Mt 142, Le Côtil, appear to have been linked with this property
Valuations
No recent transactions
Families associated with the property
- Machon: Late 17th century
- Noel: 18th and 19th centuries. P. Noel and J. Noel were the owners in 1849
- Renouf: The 1901 census shows farmer Philip Renouf (1849- ) living here with his wife Mary Ann, nee Pallot (1856- ), sons Philip (1879- ), John (1885- ), Wesley (1894- ) and Ernest (1897- ); and daughters Mary Ann (1881- ) and Ada (1883- ). A separate household comprised Philip's widowed mother Ann Delicia, nee Du Fresne (1820- ) with her other children Ann Maria (1842- ) and fisherman John Thomas (1855- )
- Guthrie: The property was owned in the mid-to-late 20th century by Sir Giles and Lady Guthrie
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
A circa 1840 house with 18th century cottage, with surviving features contributing to scenic value of valley.
Main house, five-bay, two-storey. Pantile roof with brick chimney. Large continuous dormer.
Cottage to east against road, with smaller wing to west.
The house is set within a rural garden laid out in the mid-20th century and since developed. Les Vaux terminates the top of a valley gardened since the mid-19th century taking advantage of the subtropical microclimate. It has developed since the 1960s into a stunning informal rural garden, planted for year round colour and effect. It is set in the steep sided Rozel Valley and was continually developed over the last 40 years by its owner, Lady Guthrie, until her death in 2012.
Near the top of the valley, close to the western boundary a gazebo acts as a focal point and viewing platform to gaze down the garden, past the house and towards the sea. It replaced an 18th century Italian temple which fell in the storm of 1987 which had evoked the celebrated garden of Capt Neil McEachern, at the Villa Taranto, Italy.
