St George smashes record for most expensive Guernsey property
Guernsey’s most expensive residential property has been sold for more than £24m., smashing the previous record for a local home.
St George, situated at Rue des Deslisles in Castel, had an asking price of £25m. and had been for sale since May 2022.
Estate agent Savills agreed the sale of the open market property.
Director Nick Paluch said it had sold for a price that reflected the exceptional quality and unique nature of the property.
‘Despite a more challenging market over the last 12 to 18 months there was a good amount of interest and we are naturally delighted to have agreed its sale,’ he added.
The sale went through court on Thursday, with St George Ltd purchasing the property for £24.375m.
Prior to this, the most expensive property sale was the £15.21m. sale of Normanville in Fosse Andre in 2021.
Savills’ head of residential sales Stuart Leslie said that the price achieved was testament to the continuing appeal of Guernsey as an attractive destination for many buyers.
St George was, for many years, the country seat of the Guille family, which could trace their roots back to William the Conqueror.
In 1842 it was the home of Captain John Guille, who went on to be appointed Bailiff.
In addition to the main house, the 35-acre property also includes three ancillary family cottages, two guest or staff homes, an estate office with meeting rooms, workshop, garaging, luxury indoor swimming pool, a floodlit tennis court, health suite and squash court.
There are also ornamental and parkland gardens, wildflower meadows, a lake, reflecting pond, woodland and hospitality and recreational areas.
Even into the 1960s there was a pub on the estate.
While parts of the property date back to the 16th century, much of the major work on it was carried out in the 1800s, when the main house was substantially rebuilt in the Palladian style – a European architectural style derived from the work of Venetian architect Andrea Palladio.
More recently, a four-year restoration project was undertaken, which saw international interior designers, local architects, landscape gardeners and local craftsmen work to restore the entire estate.
