Level II: Fourth And Gill H-1
5-J-20-HZ
Approved
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the work as proposed.Applicant Request
Deck; Porch- Construction of a second-story deck on top of a previously approved, new flat-roof porch. Deck will be accessed from an existing rear dormer, which will receive a new full-light, painted wood door. Deck will be 13'-6" wide by 8' deep, with a 36" tall wood guardrail to match the guardrail on the first floor porch (square wood posts with wood pickets set into the top and bottom rails). Deck floor will be 3/4", pressure-treated wood decking. To support the deck, additional roof framing and two additional columns will be added to the lower porch.
Fourth and Gill H-1
- Style: Queen Anne Cottage (c.1910)
- One-story frame residence with a hipped roof with lower cross gables, clad in asphalt shingles. Exterior is clad in vinyl siding and house rests on a continuous, raised brick foundation. One-story, shed-roof porch extends the right half of the façade, supported by turned wood columns. Windows are one-overone, double-hung sash. Interior offset brick chimney. Irregular plan.
- Style: Queen Anne Cottage (c.1910)
Applicable Guidelines
Fourth and Gill Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on April 20, 1999 and June 29, 1999.
See Guidelines- Most of the houses in the Fourth and Gill Historic District have a porch. [...]They may even be two story porches, with upper story balconies. The individual design elements of the neighborhood porches - turned wood columns, elaborate railings and balusters, heavy wood posts or columns, wood ceilings and floors, gingerbread trim - reinforce the style of the houses. These individual details should be repaired and preserved, or replicated if good documentation of the original porch exists. Properly proportioned porches are important to new buildings constructed in Fourth and Gill, helping new construction blend better with the neighborhood.
- 4. In new construction, the proportion of the porches to the front facades should be consistent with the historic porches in the neighborhood. Details such as columns, posts, piers, balustrades and porch flooring must use materials that present a visually and physically appropriate appearance historically.
