Swan Farm
Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
Swan Farm
Location
Langley Avenue, St Saviour
Type of property
17th century farmhouse
Valuations
No recent transactions
Families associated with the property
- Poingdestre: This family lived here for nearly five centuries. They were Seigneurs of the Fief ès Poingdestres in the parish of St John. This was therefore the seigneurial house of that fief. The family gave birth here to many Jurats, Constables and several clergymen, some of whom became Rectors. It passed out of the family in the early 19th century.
- Vautier: In 1941 Charles Philip Vautier (1905- ) was living here with his mother Mabel Ann Vautier, née Le Maistre (1872- ) and his sister Mabel (1900- )
Datestones
Strangely for a property of this age, no datestones have been identified.
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
17th century farmhouse retaining some original features, character and integrity as a farm group with associated outbuildings. Historical association as birthplace of Jean Poingdestre, historian and secretary to King Charles II.
Shown on the Richmond Map of 1795.
Five-bay, three-storey main farmhouse incorporating dower wing to the east. [1] L-shaped outbuildings behind the house, pigsties and modern garages beyond that. These buildings have been altered as part of a conversion into residential units. Pigsties have been preserved and restored.
Old Jersey Houses
An article in Vol One gives a brief biography of Jean Poingdestre and mentions a few minor architectural details of the property.
Notes and references
- ↑ As the photographs show clearly, this is a two-storey property. The main house has a strange arrangement of windows with two either side of the main entrance to create five bays and four, unevenly spaced, on the first floor. The two-storey integrated dower wing is two-bay but the windows and door are offset in the direction of the main house, giving a strangely unbalanced effect to the facade
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