Mount Bingham’s Fisherman’s Cottage has been restored and renovated and will soon be available to rent for short breaks. The site has been reconstructed at a cost of £290,000 by the Parish of St Helier, which raised the money through parish rates, and will be managed by Jersey Heritage, which lets a number of historic properties around the Island.
The project has involved a number of Island agencies including Jersey Heritage, the Société Jersiaise, and local construction companies as well as planning and historic buildings officers.
The Société Jersiaise’s field archaeologist, Robert Waterhouse, said: ‘We carried out detailed analysis of the building’s construction and development during the work, and found that it had at least three phases of construction, starting in the mid-18th century, possibly as a store rather than a cottage.
Full story in Wednesday’s JEP
