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A decision made (11/08/2008) regarding: List of Sites of Special Interest

Decision Ref:	MD–PE–2008-0168
Subject:	List of Sites of Special Interest – Intent to List Monaco, St. Saviour’s Road, St. Saviour
Decision Summary Title:	DS - List of Sites of Special Interest – Intent to List Monaco, St. Saviour’s Road, St. Saviour
DS Author:	Jayne Fawdry – Historic Buildings Officer
DS Date:	31 July 2008	DS Status:	Public
Written Report Title:	WR – List of Sites of Special Interest Monaco, St. Saviour’s Road, St. Saviour
WR Author:	Roger Hills -Jersey Heritage
WR Date	22 July 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 that Monaco should be listed as a Site of Special Interest.
Reason(s) for Decision:	The listing of Monaco as an SSI is in accordance with the published policy guidance as follows: The special interest of Monaco extends substantially to its authentic fabric, plan form and interior features; The site is of special interest for its 1830s style, architectural design, composition, and use of materials and details; Monaco is of special historic interest as it illustrates a significant aspect of Jersey’s social and economic history in the 1830s.
Legal and Resource Implications:	None
Action required:	Serve notice of intent
Signature:
Position:	Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different to Date Signed):

Site of Special Interest - Monaco, St. Saviour's Road.

List of Sites of Special Interest

Monaco, St Saviours Road, St. Saviour.

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 the principles of selection for designation as a site of special interest 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 owner requested in June 2008 that Jersey Heritage assess the architectural, historical and other interests of Monaco.

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

Date of report: 22 July 2008

File ref: SA0254

Current status

First registered in 1992; pSSI.

Relevant interests of the site (also see schedule)

Historic interest

Monaco is one of a pair of Regency houses built in the late 1830s. The house was built for Jean Bichard, who purchased the land from George Ingouville in January 1838. It was once home to the Comte Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy, a French Royalist, politician and writer who lived here in exile after the 1848 Revolution.

Architectural interest

Monaco is a fine example of a town house of its period with a high standard of architectural design, craftsmanship, and use of materials and details. The house is arranged with a subservient ground floor with two principal upper storeys and an attic level. There are four bays with a slightly projecting entrance bay and a recessed bay to the outside. The walls are stucco with a rusticated ground floor and quoins. There is a bold cornice above which is a parapet masking a hipped slate roof.

The ground floor is brought forward to carry a first floor balcony across three bays, incorporating a stone balustrade and Ionic portico. Within the portico is a pair of long-panelled doors with glazed transom light. A curving stone staircase with ironwork balustrade leads up from the front garden to the balcony.

There are French windows at first floor level - the window to the outer bay opening onto a small decorative ironwork balcony. There are 12-pane sash windows at second floor level - the outer bay window distinguished by the addition of narrow margin lights. The rear of the house has large 16-pane sash windows looking onto a walled garden. The roof is hipped with dormers and a pair of chimneystacks - the central stack shared with the neighbouring house (Mentone).

The quality of the design, craftsmanship and use of materials continues to the interior of the house where the original layout substantially survives and there are many fine architectural features and fittings. The house is entered via a small vestibule, which is separated from the main hallway by a pair of mahogany doors with etched glass panels. At the centre of the house is a mahogany staircase with turned balusters and risers decorated with mahogany appliqué, which continues to attic level.

The doorways leading off from the hallway each have moulded architrave and 4-panel doors with matching panelled lining. The two principal reception rooms, with a pair of panelled dividing doors between them, are notable for their deep skirting and cornice with grey marble fireplaces flanked by arched niches. The lower status rooms have more modest fittings such as timber fireplaces.

At second floor level are the bedrooms - the principal room running across the front of the house and including 3-bays of windows with a grey marble fireplace and original joinery. The other rooms also retain their late 1830s fittings including timber fireplaces and integral cupboards.

Advice offered by MRLAG (and others if stated)

MRLAG discussed the interests of Monaco at its meeting on 7 July 2008. Members unanimously agreed with the JH recommendation to list the site as an SSI. Members further advised that the neighbouring Mentone also be assessed for listing as SSI.

Jersey Heritage recommendation

Monaco should be listed as an SSI.

Justification relating to criteria

The listing of Monaco as an SSI is in accordance with the published policy guidance as follows:

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

The site is of special interest for its 1830s Regency style, architectural design, composition, and use of materials and details;

Monaco is of special historic interest as it illustrates a significant aspect of Jersey’s social and economic history in the 1830s.

Attachments

SSI schedule and plan

Photographs, July 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