Whitton Grange
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Historic Jersey buildings
 1980 photograph
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Property name
Whitton Grange
Other Names
Whitton
Location
Route des Issues, St John
Type of property
18th century country house
Valuations
Sold for £1 million in 2004, £1,685,000 in 2013 and £5,775,000 in 2021
Families associated with the property
- Hotton: Owners in the 18th century
- Marett: A partage in 1801 shows that Marie Marett (1770-1846), the wife of David de Gruchy, was the heiress of her mother, Marie Hotton, wife of Philippe Marett. Marie Marett was principal heir of her father and mother, the eldest daughter of Nicolas Hotton, son of Clement. Marie Hotton, daughter of Nicolas Hotton, son of Clement, had a younger sister as co-heir, Elizabeth Hotton, the wife of Abraham Blampied: RP93/221
- de Gruchy:The property thus passed to the de Gruchy family through Marie's marriage in 1788. David was a sergeant in the Militia in 1815 and added to his farming activities by conducting a vraicing business at the Ecréhous, where he owned Hut No 4 [1] on Maïtre Ile, and Maison du Havre at Bonne Nuit. This he sold in 1819 to George Remon. David and Marie's eldest son, David Elie, a sailor, died in Manila in 1857, leaving a daughter married to Charles Le Cornu. The second marriage in 1866 of their younger son, Jean, was unusual. He was then aged in his mid-fifties and his bride aged sixteen. It was, though, a happy marriage, blessed with four children
Datestones
- DDG ♥ MMR 1797 - For David de Gruchy and Marie Marett
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
Two-storey, five-bay house. 20th century extensions to right.
Notes and references
- ↑ His initials and date, featured unconventionally as DDGY 1806, are to be seen on the ruins of his stone hut
