Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
Hughlea
Other names
- Brimborion
- High Lea
- Ida's (new name for Hughlea)
Location
Victoria Avenue, Bel Royal, St Lawrence
Type of property
Pair of mirrored art deco semi-detached houses designed by Arthur Grayson in 1934 for Cyril Le Marquand
Valuations
- Brimborian sold for £470,000 in 2003
- Idas sold for £400,000 in 2013
Families associated with the property
- Le Marquand: The houses were built for Cyril Le Marquand, who was living at Brimborion when he died in 1980
- Faiers: Cecil Henry Faiers and his family were living at Hughlea in 1941
- Sangan: Bernard Louis Sangan was living at Hughlea when his will was registered in 1957
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
An interesting pair of semi-detached houses, carefully composed and well-detailed, in the International Modern style, by A B Grayson, 1936 [1]. Two-storey with penthouse. Plain rendered with flat roofs. At the centre of the roadside façade are paired doorways under a shared canopy, flanked by porthole windows, with a vertical fin dividing the penthouse floor above. The outer bays project forward with corner windows to both floors, with sun terrace above accessed via the penthouse.
Notes and references
- ↑ Other sources, including a history of Grayson's work, suggest that the date is 1934
