The Grange

Historic Jersey buildings The Grange, Grouville This is the house described in HER. We are now confident that this is the same property shown in the other 19th century pictures, which have been in the website since 2013. The house is not included in Old Jersey Houses or the Grouville Millennium book Index of all house profiles If you own this property, have ancestors who lived here, or can provide any further information and photographs, please contact us through editorial@jerripedia.org

Property name

The Grange

Location

Grouville Main Road, Grouville

Type of property

Two adjoining 19th century houses set at right angles

Valuations

No recent transactions

Families associated with the property

• Gautier: Esther Gautier, elder daughter and principal heiress of Francois Gautier, son of Francois, and Marie Le Gallais, his wife. She married Joshua Lerrier
• Lerrier: Joshua Lerrier (1770- ) and Esther lived here, as did their son, Lieut-Bailiff Durell Lerrier (1814-1876). Durell was one of the founders of La Société Jersiaise and, in view of his age and distinction, its first president. He also served Grouville as a Constable`s Officer (1840), Procureur du Bien Public (1843) and Constable (1845). In 1853 he was elected Jurat and in 1865, became Lieut-Bailiff. He died unmarried at his home, The Grange, on 14 June 1876. By 1878, his nephew, John Francis Lerrier, seems to have inherited the property
• Bastide: At the time of the Jersey censuses 1891-1901-1911, Joseph Benjamin William Bienvenu Bastide (1838-1913) lived at The Grange, which was evidently a successful fruit farm, Mr Bastide was an employer there over many years. In the 1921 census, Joseph`s Egypt-born elder son, Leon Joseph Ismail Bastide was a grower and employer in Longueville, giving his workplace as The Grove Vineries, but living elsewhere. Tom Anthoine, of Longueville, was in the 1960s planning a career as a nurseryman, operating similarly from the same vineries, before emigrating, after the freeze of 1963, to Australia
• Richomme: In 1941 Charles Joseph Richomme (1877- ), his wife Lydia Rose, nee Billot (1882- ) and their sons Philip George (1906- ) and John Francis (1911- ) were living here.

In The Evening Post Almanac (1960) eight people were listed as living at The Grove. The landlord had evidently converted one or other house into rental apartments

Historic Environment Record entry

Listed building

Good quality example of early 19th century rural detached house with notable stonework and many surviving original features. House, two-storey and attic, five-bay.

Adjoining house at right-angles, two-storey, three-bay, matches main house, matching fanlight over panelled door. Apple crusher in front, roadside granite barn in ruinous state, granite gate piers and roadside wall.

Old Jersey Houses

Not included

Notes and references

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