No 61 David Place
Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
61 David Place
Other names
- Pembroke Terrace. The eight properties in the terrace are numbered 54-61, up to the junction with Val Plaisant
- Phoenix House
Location
David Place, St Helier
Type of property
1844 town terrace house.
Valuations
No recent transactions
Families and businesses associated with the property
- Coutanche: The family built the terrace in 1844
Census returns
- 1861: Phoenix House: no occupants named, private house
- 1881: James Carver, 52, house decorator; Maria, 55; Thomas George, 21, grocer
- 1891: Philip Le Brun, 53, solicitor. Maria Carver, 72, lodging house keeper; Louisa, 10, grand daughter
- 1901: Maria Carver, 82, lodging house keeper; Hilda, 10, grand-daughter
Almanac listings
- 1874: Mrs Bartlett, furnished apartments
- 1880: Mrs Denroche
- 1886: Phoenix House: Furnished apartments
- 1890-1900: H J Carver. P Le Brun
- 1905: F Le Huquet. Mrs Cabot. Miss Perchard
- 1910-1930: F G Le Huquet. Miss Cuzner (1925)
- 1940: Miss Humby
- 1950: P Le H Hodgetts. Miss J Humby
- 1960: Drs R H and L O'Meara, S Birt, Drs J and I Fisk
- 1970: Heyting and Co. Equity and Law Life Assurance. Ashton and Denton Publishing
- 1980: Dr H Paul. J J M Haley
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
Part of a designed classical terrace, built in 1844 by the Coutanche family, which is one of the best examples of an early 19th century formal planned ensemble in St Helier.
Three-bay, three-storey with semi-basement; set back to north is entrance bay (altered). Hipped slate roof with small dormers to front and rear slopes, projecting gutter tray, and chimneystack shared with No 60 Front elevation: Rendered with rusticated quoin strips framing the three bays, and rustication to semi-basement. Second and first floor windows are 12-pane sash windows, ground floor windows are eight-pane French windows and the basement windows are six-pane sash windows. Side elevation: three-bay, French window on ground floor and sash window on upper floor, otherwise blind openings. The principal entrance is raised with flight of stone steps and ironwork balustrade. The doorway is flanked by plain pilasters; the door is six-panel with geometric overlight. The entrance porch has been heightened. 20th century extensions. Rear elevation: Rendered with rusticated quoin strip. Mixture of window types including 16-pane sash windows and eight-pane French window. To the front of the property is a stone boundary wall with decorative iron railings.
