The owners of the Shakespeare Hotel have submitted a planning application to demolish the building, on Grand Route de la Côte, St Clement, and its associated staff quarters and replace them with 14 apartments and three houses.
The apartments – one- and two-bedroom units – would be created in a four-storey block at the front of the site, while terraced houses would be built at the back.
Originally the site was home to a large mid-19th century family house which went on to be converted into a hotel in the 1940s.
Since then alterations have been made and extensions have been added, leaving few remaining visible Victorian features.
A design statement accompanying the proposals stated: ‘The buildings are a hotchpotch mixture of different styles, materials and ages and offer very little in terms of architectural merit.’
The project’s design is being handled by the Castletree Group, who in the same design statement say that they have taken ‘a modern approach to a Victorian style’ for the homes.
Under the plans, the apartments would use slate roofing, light grey, grey and white rendered walls, pink Jersey granite, frameless glass balustrades and marine-quality grey powder-coated aluminium cladding.
The houses would be painted in muted colours, the application says, with lead-covered dormer windows and timber doors and windows painted white.
‘Therefore its demolition and the provision of an apartment building and three family-designed houses will improve the overall character of the site and local area.’
It continued: ‘The design is inspired by the local Victorian influence and introduces modern materials and construction to meet current living standards.
The scheme will now be considered by the Planning Department.
The Ritz Hotel, which stood where Colomberie meets St Clement’s Road, was redeveloped for social housing in 1995. It was commandeered by German forces during the Occupation and was used to house soldiers.
The Palace Hotel, off Bagatelle Road, began life as a grand private home known as Bagatelle. It became an asylum and was later transformed into the Palace Hotel, a showpiece luxury resort in the 1930s. It became Palace Close after it was sold in the 1960s and redeveloped for housing
Apartments now stand where The Grouville Bay Hotel used to sit next to the Royal Jersey golf course. The buildings at the site are known collectively as Château Royale.
Despite being popular with both tourists and Islanders, Les Arches Hotel at Archirondel was converted into flats
