No 15 Beresford Street

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The property on the right of this photograph is No 17, with No 15 immediately next to it

Property name

15 & 15½ Beresford Street

Location

Beresford Street, St Helier

Type of property

Mid-19th century building with two shopfronts. The property was requisitioned by the Germans during the Occupation

Valuations

Sold for £325,000 in 2004

The property is to the right of the entrance to the fish market

Families and businesses associated with the property

All references are to No 15 unlesss No 15½ is specified

Census returns

• 1861 - Francis John Durell (52) grocer; unmarried sister Mary (65); nephew Philip (22) notary’s clerk
• 1871 - 15, Francis Amy (38) widowed tailor and draper; mother in Law Elizabeth Amy (56). 15½, James Aubin (71) carpenter; daughters Rosalie (41) and Marie (34), dressmakers. Daniel Kennedy (29) collecting clerk; wife Henriette (24), two daughters
• 1881 - 15, Benjamin Bailey Creasey (29) draper; son Cecil (11 months), sister Marian (28). 15½, Charles Burnham (26) confectioner; sister Harriet Higgins assisting, with her sons Harry and Maurice
• 1891 - Benjamin Creasey (35) draper; wife Margaret (37), four sons and three daughters

Almanac listings

• 1874 - 15, F F Amy, tailor. 15½, Aubin sisters, milliners
• 1880-1895 - 15, R B Creasy, draper. 15½, Aubin sisters, milliners
• 1900-1905 - A H Samson
• 1915-1930 - F A Rickett
• 1935 - 15, F A Rickett; Mrs Hall; Miss Prigg. 15½, H F Bartlett; P de La Haye
• 1940 - 15, Hocquard Bros; N A Syvret; Mrs Mackintosh. 15½, H F Bartlett; P de La Haye
• 1950-1955 - 15, Tiffany; Mrs Mackintosh. 15½, E Brown
• 1960-1980 - 15, Tiffany. 15½, Ginette
• 1990 - 15, Tiffany. 15½, Occasions

Historic Environment Record entry

Listed building

A a pair of mid-19th century shops. Slate pitched roof behind parapet with panelled detail. Projecting cornice at gutter level. Each shop three-storey, two-bay. Walls rendered with ashlar effect. Shopfronts: No 15½ modern to a traditional pattern; No 15 has the original two-bay (third narrow bay to east) flat arched windows with decorative moulds at apex and fluted columns.

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