No 48 King Street
48 King Street
The arcade running through from King Street to New Street forms part of No 48.
George Hamon (father and son) silversmiths, traded here until the 1830s, having moved from Hill Street, where the business was founded in 1774 as clockmakers.
The next record we have found for No 48 was in the 1841 census, where Octavious Pitter, tobacconist is recorded as the occupier.
Bulbeck
In 1851 No 48 was occupied by confectioner John Bulbeck (1815- ), who employed three men. He came to Jersey from England and married Eliza Clark (1816- ). They had three children, Edward Henry (1839- ), Clara Louise (1842- ), William Edgar (1843- ) and Emily Alice (1846- ). By 1861, John, now described as a pastry cook, had moved with his family to No 32 King Street, and teenager Clara was working in her father’s shop.
Another household at No 48 in 1851 was headed by navy pensioner James Barrington, from Halifax, Canada, living with his wife Cartrite and son John, a boat builder. Also at No 48 was linen draper bachelor Philip Joseph Larbalestier (1819-1872), employing 12 people.
Larbalestier
Philip, who is shown in the census to be three years younger than he actually was, was born in St Saviour, the son of Philippe and Marie Brisac.
De Gruchy's
In 1863 the property became the third acquisition in King Street by the expanding A de Gruchy and Co.
The whole de Gruchy complex is included in one Historic Environment Record entry: 19th century department store. The group of 19th century buildings has a grand presence on King Street and retains historic character. Good example of a Victorian arcade whose structure remains little altered. The 1924 entrance is imposing and largely unaltered, retaining its structural and stylistic integrity.
Abraham de Gruchy opened the first shop in King Street in 1826. Arcade opened 1883. 1924 extension to department store on New Street. Principal frontage to King Street is two-storey, four bays east of arcade; three-storey, six bays west of arcade.
The remainder of the entry gives detailed descriptions of the building's architecture, and can be found in the HER website
Chronology
- 1830s - George Hamon, silversmith
- 1837 - Miss Guillet, milliner
- 1841 - Octavius Pitter, tobacconist
- 1851 - John Bulbeck, confectioner
- 1851 - Philip Larbalestier, linen draper
- 1863 - A de Gruchy and Co
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1855 -
John Le Maistre advertised the lease of 48 Rue de Derriere (King Street) in Chronique de Jersey in 1840, indicating that it had housed the millinery business of the Misses Payn for 30 years. This conflicts with the information in our chronology ... -
... and so does this 1880 advert, describing the property as occupied by John Fixott
