Villa Bellevue
Historic Jersey buildings
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Property name
Villa Bellevue
Other names
1 Upper Kings Cliff
Location
King's Cliff, St Helier
Type of property
Semi-detached town house
Valuations
No recent transactions
Historic Environment Record entry
Listed building
A pair of distinct circa 1850 properties retaining many original features and contributing to townscape character as part of a group. High quality mid-19th century interior features are retained.
No 1 is two-storey plus basement, three bays, one set back with the entrance, set in a private drive.
The staircase hall is reached through a shallow arch with classical timber imposts. The open mahogany staircase has a round handrail returning in a horizontal spiral, turned balusters, and appliqué to risers c1850. All doors are 4 panel but the dining dividers to the main front, rear (piano-nobile) rooms are lost, the opening now framed with an arch. These main piano-nobile rooms have coved ceilings with large rosettes. One room has a marble chimney-piece with scroll, shell supports but with a tiled, arched circa 1930s grate. The other fireplace is 19th century French, introduced from elsewhere. The upper level chimney pieces are slate, one is now painted and has a late C19 grate, the other has a modern tiled fire insert; both have built-in flanking cupboards. The basement (once the kitchen, service area) has a matching mahogany staircase but without the flourished handrail and with plain stick balusters. There are no other original features to record.
