Broughton Lodge Farm, La Verte Rue, St Mary: Notice of intention to list as Site of Special Interest

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A decision made on 14 September 2009 to express intention to list Broughton Lodge Farm, La Verte Rue, St Mary, as a Site of Special Interest

Decision Ref:	MD–PE–2009-0157
Subject:	List of Sites of Special Interest: Broughton Lodge Farm, La Verte Rue, St Mary
Decision Summary Title:	DS - List as Site of Special Interest: Broughton Lodge Farm, La Verte Rue, St Mary
DS Author:	Tracey Ingle, Principal Historic Environment Advisor
DS Date:	3rd September 2009	DS Status:	Public
Written Report Title:	WR – List as Site of Special Interest: Broughton Lodge Farm, La Verte Rue, St Mary
WR Author:	Roger Hills, Head of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage
WR Date	23rd July 2009	WR Status:	Public
Oral Rapporteur:	Roger Hills, Head of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage
Decision(s):	The Minister for Planning and Environment expressed his intention to List Broughton Lodge Farm, La Verte Rue, St Mary as a Site of Special Interest by reason its special interest.
Reason(s) for Decision:	The intention to List/ Listing of Broughton Lodge Farm, La Verte Rue, St Mary as a Site of Special Interest is in accordance with the existing criteria for assessment and designation of historic buildings as follows: its special interest extends substantially to its authentic fabric, plan form and interior features; the buildings are of special interest for their architectural design, craftsmanship and use of materials, and for the survival of major elements of the historic interiors; the internal plan form of the house contributes significantly to the special interest of the building; the site is of historical interest as a late 18th / early 19th century farmstead which is illustrative of Jersey’s social and economic history.
Legal and Resource Implications:	Article 51(2)(b) 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
Action required:	Serve Notice of Intent to List;
Signature:				SMT Approved? Y / N
Position:	Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different to Date Signed):

Broughton Lodge Farm, La Verte Rue, St Mary: Notice of intention to list as Site of Special Interest

List of Sites of Special Interest

Broughton Lodge Farm, La Verte Rue, St Mary

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 and archaeological significance of buildings and sites.

The assessment and recommendation are made in accordance with Article 51 of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law, 2002; Policy G11 of the Jersey Island Plan, 2002; and criteria for the identification and designation of historic buildings in SPG Practice Note 9, 2008. The report includes the views and advice offered by the Ministerial Registration and Listing Advisory Group.

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

Date of report: 23rd July 2009

File ref: MY0045

Current status

Registered as a BLI.

Relevant interests of the site (see SSI schedule)

Historical and architectural interest

Broughton Lodge Farm is an 18th century farmhouse with a later dower wing and courtyard of interesting early 19th century outbuildings.

The 18th century house is constructed in granite with a later render. There is a slate roof with a pair of dressed granite chimney stacks and 3 early dormers with 12-pane sashes. The front door is of an early 19th century 6-panel pattern with glazed tracery fanlight, and a later Victorian Gothic gabled porch with fish-scale slates and pierced bargeboards.

The floor plan is unusual for its rear, gabled staircase wing extension, as houses of this period usually contain the staircase within the rectangular plan form. This is of particular interest as it shows the transition from the rectangular plan common throughout the 18th century to the deeper more spacious plans which evolved in the 19th century.

The interior of the house retains its original layout and many early fittings including a very fine mahogany staircase with swept handrail, 6-panelled doors with moulded architrave, a plaster cornice and ceiling rose in the entrance hall which also has a moulded archway through to the stair hall, an arched niche to the ground floor reception room, panelled window linings, and original fireplaces on the first floor. In the attic are 4-panel doors above the main house, and an 18th century fielded panel sliding door within the staircase wing. The historic A-frame roof structure above the house and stair wing has an unusual arrangement of trusses where the two elements of the building combine.

There is a later 19th century single-storey dower wing to the east of the house; rendered with a pitched slate roof, rendered chimneystack and glazed cheek dormer. To the rear of this is a timber glass house infilling between the house and outbuildings. The 1930s kitchen extension attached to the north-west corner of the house is of no interest.

Integral to the site is a collection of early 19th century farm outbuildings forming a courtyard to the north of the house. The west range is a 2-storey combination building with dressed granite to the openings and many original windows: timber casements with fixed upper lights to the ground floor, and unusual central-pivoting 4-pane windows to the upper floor. The north range includes a throughway and brick pigeon holes in the front wall. Other features of note include raised cruck roof frames.

The setting to the front of the house includes a small garden with a rubble granite boundary wall with dressed granite coping and gate piers; iron railings and gate. On the east side of the garden, facing the access lane to the rear outbuildings, is a well / water trough set within a curved granite back wall.

Advice offered by MRLAG (and others if stated)

MRLAG discussed the site at its meeting on 13 July 2009. Members were unanimous that the farmhouse, together with the outbuildings and grounds, merit being listed as an SSI.

Jersey Heritage recommendation

Broughton Lodge Farm should be listed as an SSI for its historical and architectural interest as set out in the attached schedule and plan.

Justification relating to criteria

The listing of Broughton Lodge Farm as an SSI is in accordance with the existing criteria for assessment and designation of historic buildings:

its special interest extends substantially to its authentic fabric, plan form and interior features;

the buildings are of special interest for their architectural design, craftsmanship and use of materials, and for the survival of major elements of the historic interiors;

the internal plan form of the house contributes significantly to the special interest of the building;

the site is of historical interest as a late 18th / early 19th century farmstead which is illustrative of Jersey’s social and economic history.