Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
14 Mulcaster Street
Other names
- Elephant and Castle Hotel
- Adderson's Star Hotel
- The Star Hotel
Location
Corner of Mulcaster Street and Wharf Street, St Helier [1]
Type of property
Hotel, later restaurant
Valuations
No recent transactions
Families associated with the property
- Stevens: In a 1919 codicil to her 1902 will Mary Ann Stevens left Ruby Louise Beaugeard a number of properties, including her share in 14 Mulcaster Street
Census returns
- 1861: John Le Boutillier (27) shipwright, Eliza (25) and Florence (1)
- 1881: Lydia Phillips (40) publican
- 1891: Abraham Addison (59) publican from Clacton on Sea [2]
Almanac listings
- 1880-1890: A Adderson, publican
- 1895: P McAllen
- 1900: F H Middleton
- 1905-1965: Star Hotel (no proprietor or manager named)
- 1990: Royal Bank of Scotland
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
A large and dominant property of circa 1800 origins, which retains original fabric and openings together with impressive overall massing. Contributes to the streetscape.
An amalgam of separate early 19th century buildings shown on 1810 Jersey Magazine map. Substantial corner property on Hope Street, Wharf Street and Mulcaster Street. Three storeys with mansard attic - six bays on Hope Street; five bays on Wharf Street; five bays on Mulcaster Street, plus thrree corner bays.
Mulcaster Street: raised parapet on corner has windows. Plain stucco with moulding detail between first and second floors. Fascia band and a set of railings in front of first floor windows separates the ground floor.
Notes and references
- ↑ Although often described as being at the Weighbridge, and earlier, The Pier, the old name for the row of hotels from the Star to the Southampton, the building is strictly part of Mulcaster and Wharf streets. Its main entrance has always been on the corner
- ↑ This was a mis-spelling. His name was Adderson
P McAllen's Elephant and Castle Hotel, later became Adderson's Star and then The Star. Now the site of Wildfire
In its time the Star Restaurant at the Weighbridge was one of Jersey's best
1905
1960s
HER locates the property at 14 Mulcaster Street and inexplicably uses this picture of the back, on Wharf Street and Hope Street
2010
The grey building in the foreground is all part of No 14
Advertisements
1922
1887 advert
Star Hotel advertisement
1898 advert
1899
1890
Star Hotel advert, 1908
1880s
1906
