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Church of the Sacred Heart, La Neuve Route, St. Brelade - List as Site of Special Interest.

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A decision made (28/09/2007) regarding: Church of the Sacred Heart, La Neuve Route, St. Brelade - List as Site of Special Interest.

Subject:

Church Of The Sacred Heart, La Neuve Route, St. Brelade, Jersey

Decision ref:

MD-PE-2007-0233

Exempt clause(s):

None

Type of report:

Written and oral

Report file ref:

BR0342

Person giving report (if oral): Curator of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage Trust

Written report – author: Curator of Historic Buildings, Jersey Heritage Trust

Written Report Title: List of Sites of Special Interest: Review of Church Of The Sacred Heart, La Neuve Route, St. Brelade

Decision(s): The Minister for Planning and Environment determined that;

  • A Notice of Intention to List the Church Of The Sacred Heart, La Neuve Route, St. Brelade as a Site of Special Interest shall be served on the owner/s of the site.

Reason(s) for decision:

  1. The special interests of the Church Of The Sacred Heart, La Neuve Route, St. Brelade, as defined in the schedule and relative to the published criteria for selection, justifies its inclusion on the List of Sites of Special Interest in accordance with the provisions and purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law and;
  2. It accords with the States Strategic Plan commitment of protecting and sympathetically managing the Island’s built heritage assets.

Action required:

  • The Notice of Intention is to be served in accordance with the requirements of the Law;
  • No sooner than 28 days after the date of the service of the Notice of Intention to List a further report will be brought back to the Minister relative to any representations received.

Signature:

Minister

Date of Decision:

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Church of the Sacred Heart, La Neuve Route, St. Brelade - List as Site of Special Interest.

List of Sites of Special Interest

Review of Church Of The Sacred Heart, La Neuve Route, St. Brelade

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.
























 

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

Date of report: 21 August 2007

File ref: BR0342

Relevant interests of the site (see schedule for detail)

The Church Of The Sacred Heart was included on the first historic buildings register, published in August 1992. It was confirmed as a pSSI by the Jersey Building Heritage Sub-Committee on 24 September 2001.

The Church Of The Sacred Heart is considered to be of special architectural, historical and artistic interest.

The church was completed in 1947 and is well-crafted in thirteenth century Gothic style. The church has high townscape value with its bell-cote designed to make the building a landmark in the bay.

Advice received (MRLAG or others)

The Architectural History Practice Limited – funded by English Heritage and the RC diocese of Portsmouth – published a report on the Church Of The Sacred Heart in March 2007. The report supports the designation as an SSI and concludes that the church is, “a very well crafted and pleasing design, which by UK criteria might be regarded as a candidate for listing in grade II.”

The special interest of the building was considered by MRLAG at its meeting on 13 August 2007. Members unanimously concurred with the prepared SSI schedule and plan.

JHT recommendation

It is recommended that the Minister for Planning and Environment:

  • confirm the intention to List the Church Of The Sacred Heart, as defined in the attached schedule, as a Site of Special Interest under the provisions of Article 51(2)(b) Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002 by virtue of its special interest as described in the same schedule;
  • approve the serving of the Intention to List Notice in accord with the requirements of the Law

Justification relating to criteria

The special interest of the Church Of The Sacred Heart, as defined and assessed relative to the published criteria for selection, justifies its inclusion on the List of Sites of Special Interest in accordance with the provisions and purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002.

Attachments

  • The Architectural History Practice Limited report, March 2007
  • SSI schedule & plan
  • Photographs

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

 

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