Val Poucin

Historic Jersey buildings Val Poucin, Grouville The original datestone can be seen in the photograph above between the second and third first-floor windows, and also in the colour picture on the left 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

Val Poucin ^[1]

Other names

• Val Poucin Cottage
• Val Poucin Mews - a separate 21st century development of three homes
• Val Poucin House
• Val Pousin House (census spelling error)

Location

Rue du Val Poucin, Grouville

Type of property

19th century country house with earlier origins

Valuations

Sold for £1,150,000 in 2004, £2.5 million in 2014 and £2,735,000 in 2021 ^[2]

Families associated with the property

• Roissier
• Le Sueur: The 1881 census showed Peter Le Sueur (1820- ), a farmer of 22 acres, living at Val Pousin (sic), with his wife Jane (1841- ), son John (1861- ) and daughter Jane (1863- ). In the 1901 census Clement Le Sueur (1845- ) and his wife Jane, nee Pallot (1846- ) were shown living at Val Poucin and John Le Sueur (1861- ), his wife Georgina (1861- ) and their son John (1888- ) were at Val Poucin Cottage

A number of families/individuals appear to have been living here in 1941, among them:

• Langlois: James Ferdinand Saunders Langlois (1909- ), his wife Dorothy Ada Edith, nee Campbell (1911- ) and their children Dorothy Jean (1935- ), and James Philip (1940- )

Datestones

• JRS 1819 - For Jean Roissier. ^[3]

Historic Environment Record entry

Listed building

A fine example of an early 19th century house retaining historic character and some original exterior features. Current building dates from circa 1819. ^[4]

Old Jersey Houses

Although this house is a typical early 18th century Jersey farmhouse, of some importance, it was not included in the second volume

Notes and references

1. ↑ Val Poucin was formerly part of the nearby Radier Manor estate. Its owner qualifies as one of the chef tenants of Grouville, owners of Grouville Common
2. ↑ When it was offered for sale for £2,950,000 in 2017 it was described as 'a beautifully developed 18th century granite farmhouse'
3. ↑ There were a number of Jean Roissiers married in the three decades before 1819, but one possibility is the one from St Clement, who married Marie Mackay, of the same parish, in St Clement Parish Church in 1804. Alternatively the stone may have been prepared, but left incomplete, when work was undertaken on the property prior to the marriage of Jean Roissier of Grouville to Jeanne Pinel of St Saviour, in St Helier in 1821
4. ↑ Although the current building may be early 19th century it is believed that the property has origins a century earlier

This photograph indicates that a second datestone has been added to the right of the original, after the colour picture at the top of the page was taken