No 22 Devonshire Place
Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
22 Devonshire Place
Other names
- 1 Devonshire Place
- Carpe Diem
Location
Devonshire Place, St Helier
Type of property
Georgian town terrace house. Day school in 1870s
Valuations
Sold for £465,000 in 2009; £720,000 in 2021; 2 flats sold for £290,000 and £305,000 in 2023
Families and businesses associated with the property
Oxenham: Built by John Oxenham, 1819-1821
Census returns
- 1871: Jane Perchard, 59, annuitant; Mary, 20, dressmaker; Lydia, 19, dressmaker
- 1891: Pauline Groizard, 46, milliner. George Noel, 31, seaman; Fanny, 36.Peter Le Miere, 37, carpenter; Anne, 35; Anne, 5, Florence, 2
- 1901: Pauline Groizard, 62, milliner. Anna Amy, 29, shirt maker; Jane, 30, sister. Harold Pitman, 30, ironmonger's assistant; Clara, 26
Almanac listings
- 1874-1880: Miss Perchard, day school
- 1886: Mrs Filleul
- 1890: Mrs Hodge
- 1895-1905: Miss Groizard
- 1910: Mrs Le Feuvre
- 1915-1925: Mrs Kellaway. Mrs Amy
- 1930-1940: L de La Perrelle
- 1950-1955: Mrs L J Baker
- 1960-1990: S Hancock
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
A good example of a late Georgian town house, which retains historic character and features. Forms part of a group of houses that illustrate the changing fashions for architectural embellishment - such as appliqué mouldings - through the 19th century.
Part of a row of four houses built for John Oxenham, 1819-1821 (originally numbered 1-4 Devonshire Place, from which the northerly part of Vieux Chemin since took its name). Shown on the 1834 Le Gros Map.
End terrace. two-storey plus attic, three-bay with door at side. Pitched slate roof with brick chimney and large box dormer. Front elevation: rendered with raised vermiculated central keystones. Box dormer. Three 12-pane windows on first floor and two 13-pane arched windows on ground floor - all timber frame sashes. Glazed overlight and 'CARPE DIEM 22'. Low boundary wall with coping, original railings and gate. Side elevation: granite with two nine-pane arched timber frame sashes with brick surrounds. Rear elevation: Box dormer in attic. Walls rendered. Two 12-pane timber framed sashes on first floor. Three-storey flat roof rendered extension. Coach house with hipped, tiled roof, rendered chimney and rendered elevations. Mono pitch tiled and rendered extension or outbuilding. Gates to courtyard. Granite boundary wall.
