Hillside Cottage, Le Vier Mont, Grouville: Notice of Intention to List

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A decision made 25 June 2013:

Decision ref:	MD–PE–2013-0059
Subject:	Notice of Intent to List: Hillside Cottage, Le Vier Mont, Grouville.
HER reference	GR0160		Current status:	Potential Listed Building Grade 3
DS title:	DS - Intent to List: Hillside Cottage, Grouville.
DS author:	Director: Policy, Projects and the Historic Environment
DS date:	24/06/2013		DS Status:	Public
Written report title:	WR – Listed Buildings and Places: Hillside Cottage, Le Vier Mont, Grouville.
WR author:	Head of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage
WR date	12/06/2013		WR Status:	Public
Oral rapporteur:	Head of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage
Decision(s):	The Minister for Planning and Environment expressed his intent to List the building and/or place specified above with a non-statutory Grade 4.
Reason(s) for decision:	The special interest of the building and/or place specified above, as defined and in the schedule and relative to the published criteria for selection, justifies its inclusion on the List of Sites of Special Interest as a Listed Building or Place in accordance with the provisions and purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 [as assessed by the Head of Historic Buildings at Jersey Heritage and the Listing Advisory Group]; and The Minister was of the view that, having regard to the quality of the interior of other potentially grade 3 Listed buildings and, in particular, the lesser quality of the staircase, that the interior of Hillside Cottage was not of sufficient quality to warrant grade 3.
Legal and resource implications:	Article 51 of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 enables the Minister to include on the List of Sites of Special Interest those buildings and places that the Minister is satisfied has public importance by reason of the special archaeological, architectural, artistic, historical, scientific or traditional interest that attaches to the building or place. Article 52 of the same Law requires the Minister to serve Notice of his intention to do so. There are no additional resource implications of this decision.
Action required:	Serve Notice of Intent to add the Building and/or Place specified above to the List.
Signature:
Name and position:	Deputy RC Duhamel Minister for Planning and Environment
Date signed:		Date of decision (If different to Date Signed):			24 June 2013

Hillside Cottage, Le Vier Mont, Grouville: Notice of Intention to List

Listed buildings and places

Les bâtisses et endraits historique

Hillside Cottage, Le Vier Mont, Grouville.

This report has been prepared by Jersey Heritage as part of its responsibility under a Service Level Agreement to provide reports and recommendations to the Minister for Planning and Environment on the architectural, historical, archaeological and other significance of buildings and places.

The assessment undertaken and the recommendation given in relation to the above building and place is made under the auspices of Article 51 of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law, 2002; and the criteria for the listing and grading of heritage assets adopted and published by the Minister for Planning and Environment.

The report also includes the views and advice offered by the Listing Advisory Group in relation to the assessment of this building and place.

Author of report: Roger Hills BA(Hons) MA DipBldgCons (RICS) IHBC - Head of Historic Buildings

Date of report: 11/06/2013

File ref: GR0160

Special interests of the site

Historic interest

Buillt circa 1840, although with some interior fittings of earlier pattern. Land Registry traces history of site to purchase of plot of land by Elie Marie in January 1839. Shown on 1849 Godfray Map. Called Providence Villa in 1884 contract, and Hill View in 1946 contract. Rear outshot of later C19 date.

Architectural interest

Cottage - 5 bay, single storey with attic; single storey outshot to rear. Front (south) elevation: C20 concrete pantile roof with 2 small dormers with 6 pane (3/3) sash windows. Rendered brick chimney to each gable. Walls rubble granite, rendered, with scored ashlar effect and vermiculated keystones. Windows are original 12 pane (6/6) timber sashes. Replacement front door. Small front garden with granite steps down to street level, rubble granite boundary wall with brick gate piers. Rendered gables with 4 pane sash to ground floor and double casement to attic on west elevation. Rear (north) elevation: central catslide dormer, with single storey service range outshot - brick with concrete pantile roof.

Interior of main cottage retains original circa 1840 plan and some early C19 joinery features. Single pile. Central stair hall with exposed ceiling joists, original staircase with plain stick balusters; C18 pattern H-L hinges to understair cupboard. Early C19 pattern 6-panel doors to ground floor rooms. RH ground floor room with original timber fire surround and flanking integral cupboards. Exposed ceiling beam to both rooms. Both attic rooms have original planked doors with C18 pattern H-L hinges. Rear outshot has no internal interest.

Legal reasons for listing

Architectural
Historical

Statement of significance

A circa 1840 single storey cottage, which retains its historic character in proportions and detailing with some original features surviving throughout.

Advice offered by MLAG (and others if stated)

At their meeting on 10/06/2013 MLAG agreed with the Jersey Heritage recommendation that the building be Listed as grade 3.

Jersey Heritage recommendation

Listed Building Grade 3

Attachments

Schedule