La Grande Hougue, Vale
La Grande Hougue is constructed of the distinctive local stone with pitched and tiled roofs and occupies a secluded and elevated position near to our west coast bays and L’Ancresse common.
The whole property has been extensively modernised and extended and now provides a full range of rooms and amenities for family living and is being offered for sale furnished with electrical and entertainment installations.
The ancient names of Le Clos du Valle and Vale Vingtaine de l’Epine remain on record but they are administered as one and jointly called Vale.
The parish offers wide sandy beaches and surfing at Portinfer, two fishing harbours at Grande Harve, a marina at Beaucette and horseshoe harbour at Bordeaux. There is a Royal 18-hole links course within extensive common land that also has a competition-standard rifle range.
Vale and its former abbey found favour with William the Conqueror and his father before him, whose storm-torn ship found safety at L’Ancresse (the anchorage). Wealth and industry have long since been Vale’s bywords, displayed in numerous 17th- and 18th-century farmhouses, pretty cottages and vast Victorian villas in an inland maze of lanes.
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