Derry Farm, St Brelade
Description
Set behind private gates in one of St Brelade's most desirable rural locations, this exceptional country estate enjoys approximately 7.9 acres of picturesque grounds, creating a wonderful sense of privacy and tranquillity whilst remaining within easy reach of St Aubin, the airport and everyday amenities. The Grade 3 Listed farmhouse has been comprehensively restored with meticulous attention to detail, preserving its historic charm whilst introducing high-quality finishes and thoughtfully designed living spaces throughout. The result is a home that effortlessly balances period elegance with modern comfort. The principal residence offers beautifully proportioned accommodation centred around a superb open-plan kitchen and dining room, forming the heart of the home. A collection of elegant reception rooms provides flexibility for both entertaining and family life, including a formal sitting room, cosy library, family room and a dedicated home office. Practicality has been equally considered, with a generous utility room and useful basement storage. The main house provides four luxurious bedrooms served by three beautifully appointed bathrooms, whilst the attached self-contained two-bedroom cottage offers ideal accommodation for extended family, guests or live-in staff. Complementing this is a detached one-bedroom annexe, currently arranged as a gym, complete with its own entrance and shower room, offering further flexibility for a variety of uses. Outside, the grounds are equally impressive. Formal gardens surround the house before opening into extensive equestrian land, complete with stables and associated facilities. A swimming pool provides the perfect setting for summer entertaining, whilst a gently flowing stream enhances the peaceful countryside setting. A gated entr…
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Nearby
- PubThe Bar0.70 mi · 15 min walk · 2 min drive
- RestaurantThe Mermaid0.45 mi · 10 min walk · 1 min drive
- CaféCafé Ubé0.62 mi · 13 min walk · 2 min drive
- SupermarketWaitrose1.1 mi · 25 min walk · 4 min drive
- AirportJersey Airport0.72 mi · 2 min drive
- Petrol stationRubis0.52 mi · 11 min walk · 2 min drive
- GP surgeryLister Surgery0.84 mi · 18 min walk · 3 min drive
- DentistConfidence Dental Care4.5 mi · 96 min walk · 14 min drive
- SchoolLes Quennevais School0.69 mi · 15 min walk · 2 min drive
- Hospital / medical centreEnid Quenault Health and Wellbeing Centre1.3 mi · 28 min walk · 4 min drive
Nearest match in each category, from a fixed list of Jersey amenities — not every pub, café or shop on the island, so treat this as a useful sample, not a complete picture. Distances are straight-line ("as the crow flies"), multiplied by 1.3 to approximate real road-network distance — this is an estimate, not turn-by-turn routing, and actual walking/driving routes may differ. Times assume constant average speeds appropriate to Jersey's roads and 40mph limits: walking 4.5 km/h, cycling 14 km/h, driving 30 km/h — not open-road speeds, and they don't account for traffic, parking or terrain.
What would this cost to buy?
A live estimate, not a quote — change any figure below and everything recalculates immediately. Stamp duty / Land Transaction Tax uses Jersey's own standard-residence bands (see buying property in Jersey for the full table and how share-transfer property differs); the mortgage side is a standard capital-and-interest repayment calculation, not an offer from any lender.
Getting connected
Jersey has two residential broadband providers: JT — the island's own former state telecom, now Jersey's full-fibre network builder — and Sure, which completed absorbing Airtel-Vodafone's Channel Islands customer base in September 2025 (Airtel-Vodafone no longer trades as a separate operator here). Jersey's copper phone network is largely already history: JT finished building an island-wide fibre-to-the-home network back in July 2018 and has been retiring copper ever since — well ahead of Guernsey, where the equivalent copper switch-off was still under way through 2026. Always confirm actual coverage and switch-over status at this specific address directly with JT or Sure before assuming.
What would improving it be worth?
Modelled for this property in St Brelade. Adjust build quality or size for this property
Value added is the extra floor area priced at £8,287/m² — the midpoint asking price per m² among 60 St Brelade properties currently for sale that publish a floor area. Cost uses £4,000–£6,000/m² new build and £2,000–£4,000/m² refurbishment, depending on quality. Net is against the mid rate. The last column is how often Jersey actually approves that kind of application.
Unlike the value side of this table (priced from Jersey's own current asking prices), the £4k–6k new-build / £2k–4k refurbishment rates are carried across from guernseyproperties.gg, where they were supplied by that site's owner from local Guernsey experience — they have not been independently verified for Jersey, and construction costs plausibly differ between the islands. Treat the Cost and Net columns as an unverified placeholder until a Jersey-specific quantity surveyor's rate replaces them.
| Improvement | Value it might add | Likely cost | Net | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add a bedroom (single-storey extension) A modest double plus circulation, built new. ~14 m² |
£116,022 | £70,000 14 m² · mid spec new build range £56,000–£84,000 |
+£46,022 | 86% (569) |
| Loft conversion with a bedroom Works inside an existing roof, so it prices as refurbishment rather than new build — which is why it usually wins. ~20 m² |
£165,746 | £60,000 20 m² · mid spec refurb range £40,000–£80,000 |
+£105,746 | 86% (84) |
| Two-storey extension Roughly 14 m² on each of two floors. ~28 m² |
£232,044 | £140,000 28 m² · mid spec new build range £112,000–£168,000 |
+£92,044 | 83% (193) |
| Garage, annexe or outbuilding Detached space is worth less per m² than main-house floor area. ~18 m² |
£89,503 | £90,000 18 m² · mid spec new build range £72,000–£108,000 |
−£497 | 82% (216) |
Two things it cannot see. First, it prices floor area at the local average rate — it doesn't know your plot, your roof, your outlook, or whether an extension is physically possible; nor whether your street has a ceiling price that no amount of extending beats. Second, the rate comes from asking prices of other properties currently for sale that state a floor area — a minority of Jersey's live stock, so treat the sample sizes shown as real limits, not decoration.
The obvious alternative method is worse, which is why it isn't used here: comparing a typical 3-bed with a typical 4-bed suggests a bedroom is worth far more than it actually is — a bigger bed-count usually means a bigger house on a bigger plot, so that figure measures the mix of what's for sale, not the value of adding a room.
Before spending anything, get a builder's quote and talk to an architect — the type-of-work approval rates show how often that kind of application actually succeeds.
Sale history
| Sale date | Price | At 2024 prices | Address on register |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-15 | £1,640,000 | £1,843,801 +12% | Derry Farm and Derry House (together formerly known as Derry), with the outbuildings, yards and ..., the site of a certain house known ..., St. Brelade |
Matched by house name/street and parish against the Places.je property transaction register — not a unique-ID lookup, so a shared house name could span more than one property. The "2024 prices" column carries each price forward at the island-wide repeat-sales index — it is what that sum of money would be at today's market level, not a valuation of this property, and it takes no account of the condition it was in then or any work done since.
Planning history
| Application | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RP/2025/0206 | REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn to form habitable spa… | Approved Full record |
| RP/2025/0204 | REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn to form habitable spa… | Approved Full record |
| RP/2025/0202 | REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn to form habitable spa… | Approved Full record |
| P/2025/0080 | RETROSPECTIVE: Install decorative metal gate to boundary of Field No. B960. | Approved Full record |
| RP/2025/0077 | REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn to form habitable spa… | Approved Full record |
| P/2025/0075 | REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn to form habitable spa… | Approved Full record |
| P/2024/1495 | RETROSPECTIVE: Re-site existing playhouse from Field No. B960 to garden South of property. | Approved Full record |
| RP/2024/1382 | REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn to form habitable spa… | Approved Full record |
| RP/2024/1332 | REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn to form habitable spa… | Approved Full record |
| RP/2024/1329 | REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn to form habitable spa… | Approved Full record |
Matched by house name/street and parish against Jersey planning applications decided in the last 3 years — coverage is partial and not a unique-ID lookup.
Estimated cost of live planning permissions
Jersey planning permissions lapse after a set period if unbuilt; these applications fall inside the last 3 years and were not refused, so they are presumptively still capable of being implemented.
- RP/2025/0206 — Single-storey extension
£56,250–£93,750REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn t… - RP/2025/0204 — Single-storey extension
£56,250–£93,750REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn t… - RP/2025/0202 — Single-storey extension
£56,250–£93,750REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn t… - P/2025/0080 — Boundary / access works
£6,250–£18,750RETROSPECTIVE: Install decorative metal gate to boundary of Field No. B960. - RP/2025/0077 — Single-storey extension
£56,250–£93,750REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn t… - P/2025/0075 — Single-storey extension
£56,250–£93,750REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn t… - P/2024/1495 — Internal alteration / change of use
£18,750–£50,000RETROSPECTIVE: Re-site existing playhouse from Field No. B960 to garden South of property. - RP/2024/1382 — Single-storey extension
£56,250–£93,750REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn t… - RP/2024/1332 — Single-storey extension
£56,250–£93,750REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn t… - RP/2024/1329 — Single-storey extension
£56,250–£93,750REVISED PLANS to P/2020/1524 (Construct single storey Lean-to Store to replace garage, convert and extend part of barn t…
The work type shown is inferred automatically from the wording of the planning application's own description — it isn't stated by the applicant. The base cost range comes from published UK national renovation/build-cost guides for that type of project, and a ~25% uplift has been added to reflect higher shipping/import and skilled-labour costs in the Channel Islands — this is an estimate, not a published index. These figures are indicative only, not a quote: actual cost depends on specification, finish, ground conditions and the contractor. For anything serious, get a quote from a local quantity surveyor or builder.
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