Les Vaux Farm

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Property name

Les Vaux Farm

Location

Rue de La Monnaie, Trinity

Type of property

Much developed early 19th century farm

Valuations

Sold for £710,000 in 2001

Families associated with the property

• Nicolle: In 1706 this was a Nicolle property. In 1901 farmer Frederick John Nicolle (1860- ) and his wife Julie, nee Vignoux (1868- ) were living here with their children Frederick John (1888-1958), William (1889- ), John Philip (1891- ), Florence (1892- ), Winter (1894- ), Arthur (1895- ), Henry (1898- ), Hilda (1899- ) and Percy Julius (1901- ) ^[1]
• Mabon
• Barette: In 1941 Raymond Amy Barette (1902- ), his wife Gertrude Maud, nee Hotton (1902- ) and their children Raymond Alfred (1925- ), Doreen Amy (1928- ), Ella Marguerite Barette (1931- ), Laurence (1933- ), Hilda Margaret Barette (1934- ) and Allan John (1942- ) were living here
• de Gruchy: Lawrence de Gruchy lived here until recently

Datestones

• 1708 PN ♥ IH Pierre Nicolle and Jeanne Hocquard married in Trinity in 1706
• JNC ♥♥ IAM 1825 - For Josue Nicolle and Jeanne Amy, married in Trinity in 1818 ^[2]
• IMB 1706 - For Jacques Mabon, born in Trinity in 1705. ^[3]

Historic Environment Record entry

Not a listed building, probably because there is little left of historical interest following recent renovations, this farm was built in 1708.

Built early 18th century, circa 1708 and shown on the Richmond Map of 1795. Originally a two-storey, three-bay house, this property has been dramatically changed by extensions and alterations in the 20th century

Notes and references

1. ↑ Although it would seem likely that Frederick John was a descendant of either Pierre or Josue, who owned Les Vaux and erected the datestones mentioned below, we have been unable to establish a relationship. There seem to be two distinct branches of the Nicolle family involved
2. ↑ Not direct descendants of Pierre and Jeanne, but second cousins three times removed
3. ↑ Found inside the house and placed in a garden wall, according to the Datestone Register. But HER also places this stone at another Les Vaux elsewhere in the parish