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A decision made (26.10.07) to retain 1 - 2 Clifton Place, Ann Street, St. Helier on the Historical Building Register.

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2007-0259
Decision Summary Title :	DS - Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historic Importance in Jersey: Review of 1-2 Clifton Place, Ann Street, St Helier	Date of Decision Summary:	16 October 2007
Decision Summary Author:	Kevin Pilley Assistant Director	Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report:	Written and oral	Person Giving Oral Report:	Roger Hills, Curator of Historic Buildings
Written Report Title :	WR - Register of Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historic Importance in Jersey: Review of 1-2 Clifton Place, Ann Street, St Helier	Date of Written Report:	10 October 2007
Written Report Author:	Kevin Pilley Assistant Director	Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Register for Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance: review of 1-2 Clifton Place, Ann Street, St Helier
Decision(s): The Minister for Planning and Environment determined that 1-2 Clifton Place, Ann Street, St Helier be retained on the Register for Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance as Buildings of Local Interest
Reason(s) for Decision: 1. These buildings are considered to satisfy the criteria for registration as Buildings of Local Interest 2. It accords with the States Strategic Plan commitment of protecting and sympathetically managing the Island’s built heritage assets
Resource Implications: None

Action required:

1. Notify the owner

2. Notify Development Control;

Update the Register.

Signature:

Position:

Minister for Planning and Environment

Date Signed:

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

1 - 2 Clifton Place, Ann Street, St. Helier - retention on Historical Building Register

Register for Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey; Review of 1-2 Clifton Place, Ann Street, St. Helier

This report has been prepared by the Jersey Heritage Trust as part of its responsibility under a Service Level Agreement to provide reports and recommendations to the Minister for Planning and Environment on the registration of historic buildings and sites.

The Planning and Environment Department requested on 28 August 2007 that the Jersey Heritage Trust assess the architectural, historical and other interests of 1-2 Clifton Place ahead of discussions with the Ministerial Registration and Listing Advisory Group.

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

Date of report: 10 October 2007

File ref: HE0775

Relevant interests of the site (also see assessment form)

1-2 Clifton Place were first registered in 1992 and are currently on the Historic Buildings Register as BLIs.

1-2 Clifton Place are a pair of 1880s houses, originally fronting a group of similar houses set around an internal courtyard. Clifton Place was incorporated into a States housing scheme in the 1970s, as a result of which the other houses in the group were demolished, and Nos.1-2 lost their front gardens, chimneys and decorative ridge tiles. Despite this the houses retain historical and architectural interest in that they are a remnant of the courtyard buildings now rare in St Helier, are unusually built of buff brick with decorative moulded brick arches, and make a positive contribution to the streetscape.

Advice received (MRLAG or others)

MRLAG discussed the interests of the houses at its meeting on 8 October. Members advised that the refurbishment of these properties was pioneering in its day and generally considered to be successful in safeguarding the future of these historic buildings. Members were unanimous that the houses have group value and make a positive contribution to the streetscape, retaining sufficient architectural and historical interest to merit retention on the Register as BLIs.

JHT recommendation

Taking into consideration the surviving character and interest of the houses, and their unusual brick construction, it is proposed that 1-2 Clifton Place merit retention on the Register as BLIs.

Justification relating to criteria

1-2 Clifton Place satisfy the criteria for registration as Buildings of Local Interest as set out in the Interim Policies for the Conservation of Historic Buildings, which states that ‘Buildings included in the Register are those which retain their historic form and detail, and so make a significant and positive contribution to the architectural and historical character and appearance of Jersey’.

The interest of the houses is amplified by the positive contribution they makes to the streetscape and their group value with Nos.33-39 Ann Street.

Attachments

Assessment form and photographs, 2007

Photographs c.1960s

Maps