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A decision made (25.02.08) to maintain Hope Villa, Route de la Cote, St. Clement on the Historical Building Register.

Subject:	Hope Villa, La Grande Route de la Cote, St. Clement
Decision ref:	MD-PE-2007-0164	Exempt clause(s):		None
Type of report:	Written and oral	Report file ref:		CL0011
Person giving report (if oral): Curator of Historic Buildings
Written report – author: Curator of Historic Buildings
Written Report Title: Register of Buildings and Site of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey: Hope Villa, La Grand Route de la Cote, St Clement – Review of Registration
Decision(s): The Minister for Planning and Environment determined that Hope Villa, La Grande Route de la Cote, St Clement shall be maintained on the Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance as a Building of Local Interest.
Reason(s) for decision: Hope Villa satisfies the published criteria for registration as a Building of Local Interest but does not meet the principles for selection for designation as a Site of Special Interest.
Action required: · Notify owner/s · Notify Development Control
Signature: Minister			Date of Decision:

Hope Villa, Route de la Cote, St. Clement - maintain on Historical Building Register

Register No.	CL0011
Address	Hope Villa La Grande Route de la Cote St. Clement Jersey
Assessed by	Roger Hills
Date of assessment	04/07/2007
Date first registered	01/08/1992
Current grade	BLI

Architectural interest (description of exterior and interior if relevant)	Cottage, circa 1886. 3-bay, single-storey with attic. Front elevation stucco scored in imitation ashlar with emphasised quoin strips. Timber 4-pane sash windows with central grooved detail imitating the appearance of a casement (a feature unique to Jersey buildings). The window openings are decorated with sill brackets and keystone with flower motif. Central 4-panel door with glazed side lights and painted overlight 'HOPE VILLA'. Pitched slate roof with pierced ridge tiles and pair of stucco chimneystacks with decorative cornice band. Small timber sash windows at attic level on gables. Rear elevation plain stucco over rubble granite. Same windows to ground floor with addition of 2 dormers with glazed cheeks to rear slope. Small out-house with slate roof and chimneystack of same design. Apparently later porch added. Elegant stucco walls and gateway to front garden with squat pillars with banded decoration.
	Interior plan and layout survives as does most joinery - doors, skirting, mahogany staircase and some fireplaces.
Survival of historic fabric and details	% survival of historic fabric and details		comments
	roof covering chimneys dormers window openings windows door openings doors porch plaster/render detail external joinery frontage wall / railings	100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% n/a 100% - 100%	window shutters removed
Comment on overall integrity of the historic building (additions, demolitions, setting)	Hope Villa remains a relatively unspoilt example of late Victorian architecture. The window shutters have been removed.
Historic interest (association with Jersey’s social, economic, cultural or military history)	c.1886, single-storey cottage characteristic of the St Clement and Grouville coastal area.
Documented historical association with significant people or events	-
Scenic and group value	The building makes a positive scenic contribution.
Other special interests applicable to SSIs	-
Sources and references	Public Registry (305:219) records that Thomas Le Rougetel purchased a parcel of land on La Mielle de St Cléments in 1885 and sold the subsequent property ‘Hope Villa’ in 1891.