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A decision made (11/08/2008) regarding: Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey - Outbuildings at the Mount, La Rue de la Petite Falaise, Trinity - Intent not to register.

Decision Ref:	MD-PE-2008-0178
Subject:	Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey – Outbuildings at The Mount, La Rue de la Petite Falaise, Trinity – Intent not to register
Decision Summary Title:	DS - Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey – Outbuildings at The Mount, La Rue de la Petite Falaise, Trinity - Intent not to register
DS Author:	Janet Dore – Principal Historic Buildings Advisor
DS Date:	30 July 2008	DS Status:	Public
Written Report Title:	WR – Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey – Outbuildings at The Mount, La Rue de la Petite Falaise, Trinity
WR Author:	Roger Hills – Jersey Heritage
WR Date	7 May 2008	WR Status:	Public
Oral Rapporteur:	Roger Hills – Jersey Heritage
Decision(s):	The Minister for Planning and Environment determined that; A notice be served indicating his intent not to add the outbuildings to the Register.
Reason(s) for Decision:	The registration of the outbuildings would not be in accordance with the published policy guidance, in particular: the outbuildings are not significant for their architectural design, decoration, craftsmanship, composition and use of materials: it is not proven that the outbuildings illustrate a significant aspect of Jersey’s social, economic and cultural history.
Legal and Resource Implications:	None
Action required:	Serve notice of intent not to register
Signature:
Position:	Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different to Date Signed):

Historic Buildings Register - Intent not to list The Mount, La Rue de la Petite Falaise, Trinity.

Outbuildings at The Mount, La Rue de la Petite Falaise, Trinity.

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 the principles of selection for registration as set out in the interim policies for the conservation of historic buildings (1998). The report includes the views and advice offered by the Ministerial Registration and Listing Advisory Group.

The Planning and Environment Department requested on 7 April 2008 that Jersey Heritage assess the architectural, historical and other interests of the outbuildings at The Mount.

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

Date of report: 7 May 2008

File ref: TR0056

Current status

Not registered.

Relevant interests of the site

Historic interest

Late 19th century outbuildings used to stable cattle, with evidence of an earlier use. The outbuildings were owned by the Nicolle family who worked as saddlers and farmers.

Architectural interest

The outbuildings are situated in gardens to the rear of The Mount (formerly the Bouley Bay Hotel / Apartments) and appear to date to the late 19th century. They are built up against a pre-existing wall (which acts as a retaining wall to the field behind) and both are single-storey lean-tos constructed from mixed rubble stonework, brick, and a range of salvaged materials including dressed granite and an eclectic mix of windows.

The smaller of the outbuildings has rounded front corners and a large window opening with a 16-pane sash. There is a brick chimney which has lost its smoke hood and fireplace. There is a slate roof with fairly modern timbers. Internally, there is a brick floor and a central post to which a cattle divider was once fixed. The fireplace and large window indicate an earlier function for the building - Hartigans suggesting as part of a saddlery workshop, although there appears to be little physical evidence of this.

The larger outbuilding is of similar construction but with square front corners and a steeper pantiled roof - again with recent timbers. There are 3 small windows in the front wall which are reclaimed items and a large rear window which is a later insertion. The building has been used as a cattle shed as shown by evidence of internal timber partitions, tethering rings and brick floor with channels for mucking out. Hartigans suggest that an earlier building associated with a saddlery workshop may have existed in this location but has either been demolished and rebuilt, or altered and adapted as a cattle shed.

A nearby granite wall that borders the drive on the south side of Notre Coin has a line of tethering rings in place.

Scenic interest / group value

The outbuildings have some scenic value within a rural setting.

Advice offered by MRLAG (and others if stated)

A thorough and detailed report on the outbuildings prepared by Hartigans (see attached) suggests that the outbuildings may have been used as saddlery workshops and later part-adapted or part-rebuilt for farming use, utilising earlier materials. It goes on to argue that the outbuildings have a vernacular character and are examples of purposeful and down-to-earth country building, and concludes that they are significant as ‘true examples of vernacular annexe buildings used in a domestic cottage industry and , later, the farming industry’.

MRLAG discussed the outbuildings at its meeting on 6 May 2008. Members unanimously agreed with the JH recommendation not to add the outbuildings to the Register.

Jersey Heritage recommendation

The outbuildings should not be included on the Register. There is no definitive evidence - either in the archival research or building fabric - that these buildings were used as part of a saddlery workshop. The outbuildings appear to be late 19th century farm buildings constructed of an eclectic mix of materials - some salvaged from other structures - whose architectural and historical interest falls short of satisfying the criteria for registration.

Justification relating to criteria

Registration of the outbuildings would not be in accordance with the published policy guidance, in particular:

The outbuildings are not significant for their architectural design, decoration, craftsmanship, composition and use of materials;

It is not proven that the outbuildings illustrate a significant aspect of Jersey’s social, economic and cultural history.

Attachments

Location plan and photographs, April 2008

Report on the Status of Outbuildings at The Mount by Hartigans, March 2008

Board of Trustees

Chairman: Jurat John de Veulle OBE Vice-Chairman: Philip Le Brocq

Rowland Anthony, Geoffrey Crill, Connétable Simon Crowcroft, Blair Gould, Clive Jones, Deputy Carolyn Labey, Paul Nicolle, Jane Stubbs,

Jonathan Voak