Les Vaux, St Saviour

Historic Jersey buildings

This substantial property in Grands Vaux was demolished
in 1984 and replaced with 28 States flats

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Property name

Les Vaux

Other names

Les Vaux House
Les Vaux Sanatorium ^[1]

Location

Corner of Grands Vaux and Langley Park

Type of property

Victorian house. All that remains today is a pillar with the name Les Vaux at the corner of Langley Park and Grands Vaux.

Valuations

The flats were built by Vaut Mieux Ltd and purchased by the States for rental accommodation for £884,000 in 1985

Families associated with the property

Le Bailly: In the 1870s Jurat Josue le Bailly and his wife Eliza, nee Howell, lived here
Lyttleton: In 1927 the house was bought by Westcote Raymond Lyttleton (1877-1956), brother of the writer Edith Joan Lyttleton (1873-1945). He lived there until his death. After him, there were about three other owners until the house was demolished.
Macartney: The architect Robin Halliday Macartney spent his childhood years in Jersey, and lived at Les Vaux. The Macartney’s were a well-known family at the time. Sir George had been the British Consul General at Kashgar, China, for many years. In Jersey he was one of the founders of the Oaklands School, which opened in 1923 but seems to have been short-lived. Catherine, his wife, wrote a book on her life in China. With the exception of Eric, the eldest son, the family is buried in St Saviour’s churchyard, not far from their old home

Notes and references

↑ During the war the house was used as a convalescent hospital for tuberculosis patients from the Overdale Isolation Hospital. The dates vary, but it was sometime between 1942 and 1945. The name also varies. It was called a relief sanatorium, Les Vaux Sanatorium, Les Vaux Emergency Hospital, Les Vaux Isolation Hospital, a temporary Fever Hospital or auxiliary hospital.