No 29 Hill Street
Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
29 Hill Street
Other names
The property crossed the block to No 18 Queen Street
Location
Hill Street, St Helier
Type of property
Town shop and offices
Valuations
No recent transactions
Families and businesses associated with the property
- Benest: In his 1912 will, William Le Bas Benest, the founder of Benest's of Millbrook bequeathed to his son, Horton William Benest, 29 Hill Street and other properties in St Helier, which he had inherited from his brother George Philip.
Almanac listings
- 1886: Benest's Furniture Repository
- 1895-1905: George Benest
- 1910-1940: G Le B Benest, cousin
- 1955: Eagle Star Insurance, P Hopkinson, Hospital Saturday Fund, A J Pepprell, CI Estates, M Fallon, B R Hotchkiss
- 1965-1970: Hospital Fund, A J Pepprell, States Supervisory Committee, Channel Airways Holidays, Le Sueur and Baker
- 1980: Airways Holidays, Le Sueur and Baker
- 1990: C Le Masurier, Le Sueur and Baker, A & C Computers
Census returns
- 1851: Joseph Strong, 59, broker; Mary Ann, 44, Elizabeth and Maria. Philip Godfray, 51, merchant banker, Henrietta, 46; Edward, 25, merchant; Philip, 19, clerk; Amelia, 5
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
Part of a row of Edwardian commercial properties, of streetscape value.
Early 1900s; Edwardian style render details.
Mid-terrace, three-storey, three-bay. Front elevation: roof sits behind a parapet. Painted plain render finish with raised shouldered, eared window hoods. There is a parapet moulding, all is framed between plain render pilasters. At street level is a timber shopfront. The upper floors have 12 pane timber sashes with horns, the middle first floor window is tripartite in matching detailing.
