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Listed building or place reference: HE0271

Historic site reference
Property
10 (Royal Court Chambers)
Road name
Hill Street
Parish
St. Helier
Location
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Grade
Listed Building Grade 3
Category
Residential (town house)
Statement of significance
A good example of a Victorian office building in Italianate style, 1870s-1880s.
Context
n/a
External Description
10 Hill Street is of interest as a Victorian office building, which is particularly notable for its stucco ornamentation in Italianate style, and internal joinery details. The building is 5-bay, 2-storey with a semi-basement fronted by a sunken courtyard (a glazed 3rd storey added in the 20th century). It has a notable frontage with stucco decoration in Italianate style. There is a rusticated basement level with a moulded string course giving the impression of a plinth (the small basement windows with granite sills). The plain stucco to the upper floors is embellished with ornate moulded and cast decoration. The entrance floor has round headed windows hooded by linked bands of moulded stucco and framed below by a moulded string course - the doorway with additional rusticated jambs. The upper floors are divided by an acanthus / leaf band - the upper storey windows squared with surrounds of incised and embossed stylised flowers and plants linked with bands similarly decorated. The moulded cornice with corbels is surmounted by a parapet wall with further 'mini-corbels' and stylised sheaf motifs. The windows are 2-pane wood sashes throughout. The entrance door has 2 long vertical panels separated by an incised line of beading with a glazed fanlight painted ROYAL COURT CHAMBERS 10. The door is approached via granite steps that bridge the sunken courtyard. The steps are flanked by a simple-pattern arched balustrade with integral bootscrapers. The frontage railings are cast iron with spear finials, set into a bevelled granite base, with matching gateposts. There is an additional external 4-panel door beneath the steps.
Internal Description
The interior of the property is characterised by sturdy joinery features including a staircase with turned balusters and continuous curving handrail, deep skirting, wood mantelpieces with ornate corbels and 4-panel doorcases - matching panelling also used beneath the windows and staircase. The entrance hall is subdivided by a pair of glazed doors with large fanlight, leading into the stair hall, separate stairs leading down to the basement. The original attic level of the building has been subsumed into a 20th century extension - including the removal and reconfiguartion of the principal roof trusses - although the apex of the pitched slate roof and a chimney stack are still in place.
Special interest
Architectural,Historical

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