- Location : St. Helier Jersey
- Date : 2021 - 2025
- Client : Tunit Limited
- Project Status : Complete
40 King Street is an ADAPTIVE RE-USE project located in the heart of St Helier. A contemporary re-interpretation of the historic building that previously occupied the site, which was home to Jersey’s first telephone exchange.
The project comprises a change of use from retail to residential use at first and second floors, providing five residential apartments above an enhanced ground-floor retail unit. The existing building envelope was stripped back to the structural frame and a lightweight steel frame structure added at roof level to create an additional apartment floor beneath a zinc-clad mansard roof.
In response to the historic setting of King Street, a new stone clad base frames bronze anodised shopfronts at ground floor, with a series of feature stone framed bays at first floor that reflect the traditional detailing of retail frontages in the surrounding streets. A unique public art installation has been incorporated at second floor in the form of a ceramic frieze depicting binary and morse code, referencing the pioneering days of early telephony.
The result is a more refined, crafted and CONTEXTUAL building that strengthens the character of the surrounding streetscape, offering a timeless and positive contribution to the town centre.
