Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
Prospect House
Other names
- Prospect Villa: Listed in the 1901 census as an adjacent property
Location
Mont Fallu, St Peter
Type of property
19th century country house
Valuations
Sold for £500,000 in 2011 and £1,280,000 in 2017
Families associated with the property
- Malzard: 1871 Census lists the occupants as George Malzard 52 (Head), Elizabeth 45 (wife) and their children Georgiana 20, Louisa 17, Gordon 12, Isabel 10, Isaac 7, Ida 3.
- Gordon jnr was living here when he made his will in 1902. The previous year's census shows him as a farmer, married to Rebecca, nee Tomlinson (1874- ). Their children recorded in the census were Ethel (1884- ), Gordon (1887- ), Snowdon (1889- ), Irene (1890- ), Rebecca (1892- ), Edna (1896- ) and Kenneth (1900- ). They had another daughter, Kathleen (1886-1948) who was not shown in the census
- Le Couteur: The 1901 census shows Prospect Villa adjacent to Prospect House. The name is absent from 21st century almanacs. The household in 1901 consisted of George Le Couteur (1869- ), his wife Emily (Amelia) Margaret, nee Syvret (1870-1919), their children Marie (1894- ), George (1895- ) and Alfred William (1897- ) and George's widowed mother Mary Ann, nee Le Couteur (1828- )
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
This mid-19th century house retains its historic proportions and character. It has added interest in the east and west wings, the retention of the doorcase and the boundary wall and railings.
Of interest internally are the historic joinery features.
Set back from road. Two-storey with cellar, three-bay with circular bay to west and single bay to east. West bay has rendered castellated parapet, string course and rusticated quoins with painted squared rubble wall.
