16 New Street – The Georgian House
Restored Georgian townhouse in St Helier, furnished as in 1800–1815, with period rooms, a Georgian kitchen and a National Trust gift shop.
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About the museum
The townhouse was decorated and furnished to show how it might have looked between 1800 and 1815, when the Journeaux family lived here. After the bankruptcy of Philippe Journeaux in 1850 the property was acquired by the firm of A. de Gruchy & Co and later became a letting house. The Liberty Gentlemen’s Club moved in and removed partitions on the first floor for its billiard tables; after the club left in 1909 the Jersey YMCA followed, removing further walls for snooker and table tennis.
When the YMCA left in 1964, de Gruchy’s set up a curtain and blind workshop on the ground and first floors and used the top floor for storage. The workshop closed in the late 1970s and the empty house decayed for some twenty years until its parapet gutters gave way. Threatened with demolition, it was saved by a joint effort of Save Jersey’s Heritage, the National Trust for Jersey and the Department of the Environment.
The Trust accepted the house as a gift in December 2003. A bequest of £1 million from Mollie Houston in 2004 paid for a complete repair and restoration of its Georgian features. The house opened to the public in November 2011. Its rooms hold 18th- and 19th-century furniture, pictures and objects, and in the Georgian kitchen the resident cook and housekeeper gives a presentation on Georgian dining.
Highlights
- Rooms furnished as in the period 1800–1815
- 18th and 19th century furniture, pictures and objects
- Georgian kitchen with a presentation on Georgian dining
- National Trust gift shop that can be visited without entering the museum
- Restored by the National Trust for Jersey after years of neglect
Permanent exhibition
- The Georgian House – Period rooms with 18th- and 19th-century furniture, pictures and objects that show the lifestyle of St Helier’s fashionable residents in 1800–1815, plus the Georgian kitchen.
- Founded
- 2011
- Operated by
- National Trust for Jersey
Admission & discounts
| Adults | £7 |
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| Children & teens | £3 |
The price of £7 applies to non-members; members of the National Trust for Jersey enter free. The gift shop can be browsed without a ticket.
Accessibility
- Partially wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: not available
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The ground floor can be reached with limited mobility; the rest of the house is up two flights of stairs.
Kids & families
Children pay £3.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Liberation Station · 10-min walk
Any bus to Liberation Station in St Helier, followed by a walk of about ten minutes.
By car
Parking available · 10-min walk to the entrance
The St Helier public car parks are about ten minutes’ walk away.
The house is in the centre of St Helier.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café: not available
- Restaurant: not available
- Museum shop
National Trust gift shop on the ground floor, which can be visited without entering the museum. Restaurants, shops and the main bus station are nearby.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Good to know | In the Georgian kitchen the resident cook and housekeeper gives a presentation on Georgian dining. |
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