Cream of the crop
Annunciata Elwes chooses six of the best houses currently on the market
St Saviour’s, offers in excess of £1.5 million
For sale for the first time since its construction 160 years ago, Fort Richmond, which comes with two acres, offers its new owner a chance to make a mark in the pages of history. With a tranquil coastal setting, it has been granted permission for conversion to a private residence of five bedrooms with six bathrooms. Cooper Brouard (01481 236039)
St Martin’s, POA
Les Caches Hall dates from the 1700s and is reached via a long, brick-paved drive. Despite its age, it’s been well kept and retains plenty of charm, including painted shutters, vaulted ceilings and woodburning stoves. There are five bedrooms, an indoor pool and a tennis court and the pretty landscaped gardens include a pond with a pergola in the centre. Swoffers (01481 711766)
Castel, POA
In 25 acres and with all the delightful seclusion that that entails, Beaucamp De Haut is a grand, handsome country house that’s on the market for the first time in 30 years. It features nine bedrooms, a swimming pool, a tennis court, a walled garden, a stable block, a barn and staff accommodation. Knight Frank (020–7861 1065) and Swoffers (01481 711766)
St Peter Port, £5.5 million
Tudor Revival, half-timbered and very pretty, La Petite Vallee occupies a sought-after spot on the southfacing valley slopes above Fermain Bay, just outside St Peter Port. It has seven bedrooms (including the annexe), ornate brick chimneys and a glorious ornamental two-acre garden that includes a Victorian-style greenhouse and a lagoon-like swimming pool surrounded by an overgrown cloister. Martel Maides (01481 713463)
St Martin’s, £5.25 million
The heart-meltingly beautiful views from contemporary Couin de Vacque are uninterrupted for 180˚. From its perch on the south-coast cliffs, St Peter Port can be seen, as well as Alderney, Herm, Sark and the French coast and the ground floor’s floor-to-ceiling windows opening onto the terrace and the heated swimming pool mean you can enjoy the view to the full. The house has five bedrooms and the garden has direct access to the cliff path. Swoffers (01481 711766)
St Martin’s, £4.5 million
With seven bedrooms and a staff flat, Le Vauquiedor Manor is ‘recognised as one of the island’s most attractive Georgian residences’, say agents. Set on the outskirts of St Peter Port, the French influence is evident and the gardens, stretching to just over an acre, have been beautifully tended.
Cooper Brouard (01481 236039) and Swoffers (01481 711766)