Register for Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey: 10 and 12 Patriotic Place, St. Helier

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A decision made (17.12.2008) to determine intention to retain 10 Patriotic Place on the Register for Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey but not to add 12 Patriotic Place to the Register.

Decision Ref:	MD–PE–2008-0277
Subject:	Register for Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey: 10 and 12 Patriotic Place, St Helier
Decision Summary Title:	DS – Review of Registration as Building of Local Interest: 10 and 12 Patriotic Place, St Helier
DS Author:	Kevin Pilley, Assistant Director
DS Date:	10 December, 2008	DS Status:	Public
Written Report Title:	WR – Review of Registration as Building of Local Interest: 10 and 12 Patriotic Place, St Helier
WR Author:	Roger Hills, Head of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage
WR Date	24 November, 2008	WR Status:	Public
Oral Rapporteur:	Roger Hills, Head of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage
Decision(s):	The Assistant Minister for Planning and Environment determined her intention to: Retain 10 Patriotic Street on the Register as a Building of Local Interest for its particular local interest; Not to add 12 Patriotic Street to the Register as a Building of Local Interest;
Reason(s) for Decision:	1. The intention to Retain 10 Patriotic Street on the Register as a Building of Local Interest is in accordance with the existing criteria for assessment and designation of historic buildings such that it retains its historic external form and character. 2. The intention not to add 12 Patriotic Street to the Register as a Building of Local Interest is based on the fact that it has retained less of its historic external form and character.
Legal and Resource Implications:	The inclusion of buildings and places in the Register for Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey is consistent with the purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002.
Action required:	Serve Notice of Intent to retain 10 Patriotic Street and not to add 12 Patriotic Street
Signature:
Position:	Assistant Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different to Date Signed):

Register for Buildings and Sites of Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Importance in Jersey: 10 and 12 Patriotic Place, St. Helier

10 & 12 Patriotic Place, St Helier

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 existing criteria for assessment and designation of historic buildings. 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: 24 November 2008

File ref: HE1288 & HE1290

Current status

No.10 (Rosedale) is currently registered as a BLI; No.12 is unregistered (both buildings were last reviewed by the JBH Sub-Committee in 2000).

Relevant interests of the site

Historic interest

Both houses date to the early C19 and are shown on the 1834 Le Gros map.

Architectural interest

No.10 (Rosedale) retains is historic external form and character. It is 3-bay, 2-storey with attic. The walls are stucco – scored in imitation ashlar – with a slate roof and brick chimneystack. There are 4-pane timber sash windows dating to the later C19 throughout, and a glazed cheek dormer to the front and rear roof slope. The door has a later C19 cornice on console brackets although the door itself has been replaced. The house retains a front and rear garden – including a decorative ironwork gate and bootscraper.

No.12 has retained less of its historic external form and character. The house has been significantly altered with the walls and roof raised a few feet, large box dormers added to front and rear roof slopes, the chimneystack replaced, and modern windows inserted on the façade (some original 12-pane sashes survive on the rear elevation). A building has also been constructed in the front garden of No.12, which masks much of the house.

Scenic interest / group value

The houses have become isolated from their historic context and are overwhelmed by the form and scale of the surrounding development.

Advice offered by MRLAG (and others if stated)

MRLAG discussed the buildings at its meeting on 24 November 2008. Members were unanimous that No.12 does not merit registration.

The group agreed that No.10 (Rosedale) clearly has architectural and historical interest, but was asked to specifically consider whether the intrinsic architectural and historical interest is outweighed by the severely compromised setting. Members were unanimous that No.10 should be retained on the Register as a BLI despite the fact that the house has become isolated from its historic context, and is overwhelmed by the form and scale of the surrounding new development.

Jersey Heritage recommendation

No.10 (Rosedale) should be retained on the Register as a BLI including the front and rear gardens and granite boundary walls around the property; No.12 does not merit registration.

Justification relating to criteria

No.12 does not merit registration as the house does not retain its external historic form and detail.

The registration of No.10 (Rosedale) as a BLI is in accordance with the existing criteria for assessment and designation of historic buildings:

· No.10 retains its c.1820s external historic form and detail, and so makes a significant and positive contribution to the architectural and historical character and appearance of Jersey;

· No.10 is significant for its architectural design and composition;

 No.10 illustrates aspects of Jersey’s early C19 social and economic history.

Attachments

Photographs, November 2008

Location plan

1834 Le Gros map