New de Gruchy plans

Saturday 24th October 2009, 3:01PM BST.

Plans for the New Street building of the de Gruchy site Picture: Naish Waddington Architects

PLANS to demolish part of the de Gruchy’s New Street building to create a modern shop and three floors of flats have been submitted to Planning.

De Gruchy has applied to pull down everything from the travel agent to the bed shop, which is next to 16 New Street, the building recently renovated by the National Trust for Jersey.

The design, which includes 20 apartments and would create an ‘urban space’ with a work of public art where the car park currently is, is the work of Naish Waddington Architects.

Richard Hooper, of Naish Waddington, said: It will be a major regeneration for that area. We have moved in the modern classicist way exposing the frame which emphasises the rhythm and blocks of the street and highlights the cornice line of the adjacent buildings.’

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Groove

October 24, 2009 at 9:01 pm

More Flats???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? or should we call them apartments???????????????????????????????????????????????????

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cam

October 26, 2009 at 9:45 am

I thought when de gruchy revamped the main store conditions where to reinstate the listed stair case to the other end I wonder what happened to that!!

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Carl

October 26, 2009 at 11:40 am

I’m surprised that the old 30s building there at the moment isn’t a listed building. Or is it?

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