The National Trust of Guernsey
St Peter Port
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Active since 1960
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Founded 1960, became 'The National Trust of Guernsey' in 1967. HQ at 26 Cornet Street may be the earliest remaining complete building within St Peter Port's medieval boundaries. Victorian Shop & Parlour opened 1987. Folk Museum established 1968 as joint venture with La Societe Guernesiaise. Les Caches Farm opened 2009. Fermain Tower bequeathed 2002.
The National Trust of Guernsey is an independent heritage charity founded in 1960 that preserves Guernsey's natural beauty, historic buildings, open spaces, and wildlife. It is the island's third largest landowner, managing coastal headlands, farmland, and properties including the Folk & Costume Museum at Saumarez Park, Victorian Shop & Parlour in St Peter Port, Les Caches Farm, and Fermain Tower. With over 2,000 members and patrons including the Lieutenant-Governor and Bailiff, membership provides reciprocal access to National Trust organisations worldwide. —
Specialises in6
Each capability links to every business in the Baliwick that shares it.
Guided walking tours and coastal path excursions.
From their website
Guided walks
Historic houses, castles, heritage sites and heritage attractions used as event venues.
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Event space hire
Shops selling gifts and giftware — boutique, handmade, personalised and luxury gift retail.
Established
1960 · 66 years
People10
- Mike Brown — President
- Jemma Charlotte Field — Estate Manager and Co-ordinator
- Sara-Jane Lampitt — Vice President, Honorary PR Officer
- Steve Hogg — Honorary Treasurer
- Ross Gregory — Honorary Secretary
- Colin Gaudion — Lands Manager
- Olly Brock — Planning Officer
- Elainer Lainé — Manager, Folk and Costume Museum
- Caro Drake — Manager, Victorian Shop & Parlour, Costume Curator
- Sean Martin — Council Member
From their website
Original phrasing from their website — lines covered by a capability above appear within its card.
- Folk & Costume Museum
- Victorian Shop & Parlour
- Holiday property hire (Fermain Tower)
- Event space hire (Les Caches Farm, Folk & Costume Museum)
- Membership with reciprocal access to National Trust organisations worldwide
Hours
Victorian Shop & Parlour at 26 Cornet Street: Monday to Saturday 10am-4pm; Folk & Costume Museum: Spring through October
Contact
- Phone
- +44 7781 106461
- emc@nationaltrust.gg
- Website
- etiennelaine.com
- Address
- 26 Cornet Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1LF
History5
Key dates and recorded company events for The National Trust of Guernsey.
- 1967—Became The National Trust of Guernsey
- 1968—Folk Museum established · Established as a joint venture with La Societe Guernesiaise
- 1987—Victorian Shop & Parlour opened
- 2002—Fermain Tower bequeathed
- 2009—Les Caches Farm opened
Subsidiaries18
Other businesses under The National Trust of Guernsey, across all of Island Graph.
- Church House—St Sampson
Church House is a listed 1850 wedge-shaped heritage property in St Sampson, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey and privately tenanted since its 2022 restoration.
- Creve Coeur and No. 79—Vale
Creve Coeur and No. 79 is a heritage site and emerging nature reserve on the Chouet peninsula in Vale, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey.
- Fermain Tower—St Martin
Fermain Tower is a converted 18th-century loophole tower on Fermain Bay, St Martin, offering self-catering accommodation for two, owned by the National Trust of Guernsey.
- Folk & Costume Museum—Castel
Folk & Costume Museum is a free National Trust of Guernsey museum at Saumarez Park in the Castel, housing over 8,000 costume and textile items.
- Houmet Paradis—Vale
Houmet Paradis is a tidal islet nature reserve in Vale, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey and accessible only at low spring tides.
- Jemma Charlotte Field
Jemma Charlotte Field is Estate Manager and Co-ordinator at The National Trust of Guernsey.
- Jerbourg Field—St Martin
Jerbourg Field is a coastal headland and nature reserve in St Martin, gifted to the National Trust of Guernsey in 1971 and offering free access to cliff path connections.
- La Prévôté and Clifton Valley—St Pierre du Bois
La Prévôté and Clifton Valley is a free coastal headland and wooded valley in St Pierre du Bois, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey, featuring a WWII observation tower and a two-mile circular walking route.
- Le Catioroc & Lihou Island—St Saviour
Le Catioroc & Lihou Island is a National Trust of Guernsey coastal property featuring megalithic, military and monastic heritage including Benedictine priory ruins dating from 1114, walking trails, and a 36-acre tidal island.
- Le Gouffre, Le Bigard & La Plaine des Camprôts—Forest
Le Gouffre, Le Bigard & La Plaine des Camprôts is a free, open-access coastal walking area in Forest parish, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey.
- Le Moulin de Quanteraine—St Pierre du Bois
Le Moulin de Quanteraine is a 16th-century water mill in St Pierre du Bois, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey, with a restored working waterwheel and free admission.
- Le Petit Pré Orchid Field & The Ron Short Walk—St Andrew
Le Petit Pré Orchid Field & The Ron Short Walk is a free wild orchid meadow and woodland trail in the Talbot Valley, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey.
- Les Blanc Bois Archway—Castel
Les Blanc Bois Archway is a 17th-century double arch built from Jersey stone, a Protected Monument and heritage site managed by the National Trust of Guernsey since 2003.
- Les Caches Farm—Forest
Les Caches Farm is a historic farmhouse complex in Forest parish, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey, free to visit and available for venue hire.
- Les Tielles—Torteval
Les Tielles is a National Trust of Guernsey managed coastal cliff walk and climbing site in Torteval, established in 2018 and featuring multiple crags and 46 boulder problems.
- Mike Brown
Mike Brown is the elected President of The National Trust of Guernsey since 2022, with a finance background and previous service as Lands Manager and on the States' Committee for Employment & Social Security.
- The Ivy Gates Archway—St Peter Port
The Ivy Gates Archway is a 17th-century double granite arch at the top of the Rohais, St Peter Port, built around 1640. A Protected Monument managed by the National Trust of Guernsey.
- Victorian Shop & Parlour—St Peter Port
Victorian Shop & Parlour is a National Trust of Guernsey heritage attraction and working shop in St Peter Port's earliest complete medieval building.
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