No 32 Commercial Street
Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
32 Commercial Street
Location
Commercial Street, St Helier
Type of property
Originally a school, then rebuilt as a warehouse
Valuations
No recent transactions
Families and businesses associated with the property
The HER listing below ignores the fact that the property was originally a school, before being rebuilt for a timber merchant in about 1881. It is at the back of what was St Andrew's Church on the Esplanade at the time. There is no reference in the Jersey Heritage catalogue to this school, which was recorded in almanac listings in the 1870s , and no online references, either
Almanac listings
- 1874-1880: St Andrew's Schools
- 1886: Le Huquet and Sons, timber merchants
- 1905-1925: J Terry
- 1940: J Spearman
- 1980-1990: Mark Amy, builders
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
A substantial late 19th century warehouse frontage of historical interest, which contribute to the industrial character of Commercial Street.
Victorian warehouse frontage, built circa 1881. Of interest as a tangible reminder of the area's industrial and commercial history. Warehouses such as this were once characteristic of the wider waterfront area of St Helier, but their functional redundancy and large scale replacement and conversion has given the survivors rarity value and greater significance.
The surviving frontage of a substantial Victorian warehouse, which originally extended to the Esplanade - now part of a modern office block with interior and south frontage entirely rebuilt. Pedimented gable with stone copings; seven-bay, three-storey plus attic. Granite rubble walls with brick dressings. Wide vehicular entrance at ground floor; modern vehicular opening to west now blocked with new stonework. Central loading bays to first and second floors. All windows and the loading bays have cambered arched brick heads and dressings. The only internal feature is a small reconstructed section of reused pine posts and beams.
