Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
The Moorings
Location
Brecque du Nord, Rozel, Trinity
Type of property
Harbourside house at Rozel with 18th century origins. One of the larger properties in the harbour area
Valuations
No recent transactions
Families associated with the property
- Vaudin
- Norman: Owners during the Occupation. The Germans mounted a mobile field gun on the front lawn. The Normans had moved from Westmount in St Helier to the property just before the start of the war, buying it from a Mr Blackburn, who lived opposite. Robert Norman recalled that his parents, Bob and Lucille Norman, had two visits from the Germans. “The first time they came they asked us to move, but my father said we weren’t going to budge. The second time they came, they gave us just two hours to get out. We couldn’t find any means of transport so in the end they gave us a lift in the back of one of their lorries.”
One of the first properties to be commandeered at the start of the Occupation, The Moorings was used as a defence position and as billet accommodation for the gun crew. The family moved back to Rozel in 1946 and remained there for many years.They used money from the sale of their Westmount home to fund repairs to The Moorings and also had the trenches and barbed wired removed from the garden
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
House of 18th century origin, with late 19th century alterations, with a good survival of original interior and exterior features.
As one of the larger historic properties, the house makes a notable contribution to the Rozel harbourside scene. 18th century origin, shown as L-shaped in plan form on Richmond map, 1795. Late 19th century additions.
Five-bay, two-storey, with wings to both sides. Pitched slate roof with yellow brick chimneys and two ornamented dormers.
Notes and references
1900
