Recommendation
Staff recommends denial of the proposed chimney removal, and reconstruction of the two chimneys, with a size and masonry design to reflect the originals or similar houses in the neighborhood, with a detail drawing for both to be submitted to be staff for review. Staff recommends denial of the installed front door, with a revised door to be submitted to staff for approval.
Applicant Request
Deck; Doors; Guttering; Paving; Porch; Roofing; Siding; Windows; Other: Chimney- After-the-fact review of chimney removal. CMU chimney on left-side roof slope and stucco-clad chimney on central roof slope both removed without permits or COA. After-the-fact review of front door replacement; the front door has been replaced with a quarter-light, flat door.
Fourth and Gill H
- Style: Craftsman, c.1920
- One-story, front-gable roof residence with an exterior of vinyl siding and a rusticated CMU foundation. Full-length front-gable roof porch.
- Style: Craftsman, c.1920
Applicable Guidelines
Fourth and Gill Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on April 20, 1999 and June 29, 1999.
See Guidelines- Roofs
- 3. Repair or replace roof details (chimneys, roof cresting, finials, attic vent windows, molding, and other unique roof features). Use some of these details in designing new buildings.
- Masonry
- 2. Identify and preserve masonry features that define the historic character of the building, including walls, railings, columns and piers, cornices and door and window pediments.
- 3. Replace an entire masonry feature that is too deteriorated to repair. Use the remaining physical evidence to guide the new work, and match new to old. Examples can include large sections of a wall, a cornice, balustrade, column or stairway.
- 9. Chimneys should not be removed or altered if they are original and should match the original design if they must be replaced or have been removed.
