11-D-21-HZ

Level II: Fourth And Gill H

Approved With Conditions

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Recommendation

Staff recommends approval of Certificate 11-D-21-HZ as submitted.

Applicant Request

Additions; Windows

- New two-story rear addition. Addition will measure 136 sq. ft in footprint and extend from the southwest corner of the house, inset 12" from the original house on the south elevation. The addition will rest on a brick foundation and be clad in either smooth-finished fiber cement or wood lap siding, with a hipped roof clad in asphalt shingle or standing seam metal with concealed fasteners. The west side of the addition will be flush with the existing rear elevation but differentiated from the house with a cornerboard. The addition will feature a new basement entrance, accessible by concrete steps and surrounded with a concrete retaining wall. On the first story, single-light wood casement windows will wrap around the southwest corner.
- Scope of work also includes relocating the HVAC unit adjacent to the basement; the removal of aluminum siding on the rear elevation, with either 1) repair to existing wood lap siding below or 2) replacement with new wood lap siding; and the addition of a new second-story window (one-over-one, double-hung, wood) with trim to match the original.
- Condition of approval per 11.18.2021 HZC Meeting: pending removal of aluminum siding on rear elevation of original house, original wood siding to be repaired or replaced in-kind.

Fourth and Gill H

- Style: Queen Anne with Colonial Revival influence, c.1910
  - Two-and-one-half-story residence with a hipped roof with lower gables projecting to the front and side, clad in terracotta tile. House is clad in wood weatherboard siding with scalloped wood shingles in the gable fields, and rests on a brick foundation. A porch wraps around the façade to the right elevation, supported by round Ionic columns.

Applicable Guidelines

Fourth and Gill Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on April 20, 1999 and June 29, 1999.

- New Additions
  - 1. Locate attached exterior additions at the rear or on an inconspicuous side of a historic building, limiting the size and scale in relationship to the historic building. Proportion is very important.
  - 2. Design new additions in a manner that makes clear what is historic and what is new.
  - 3. Consider the attached exterior addition both in terms of the new use and the appearance of other buildings in the historic district. Design for the new work may be contemporary or may reference design motifs from the historic buildings. In either case, it should always be clearly differentiated from the historic building and be compatible in terms of mass, materials, size, texture, scale, relationship of solids to voids, and color.
  - 4. Place new additions on non-character-defining elevations, and limit the size and scale in relationship to the historic building.
  - 5. Rather than expanding the size of a historic building by constructing a new addition, try to alter interior spaces that do not define the character of the building to accommodate the new space needs.
  - 6. It is best not to add additional stories. If required for the new use, make sure they are set back from the wall plane and are as inconspicuous as possible when viewed from the street.
  - 7. New work should not appear to be as old as the historic building. Do not duplicate the exact form, material, style, and detailing of the historic building in the new addition.
  - 8. New additions should not cause a lessening or loss of historic character, including the historic building's design, materials, workmanship, location, or setting.

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