6-D-21-HZ

Level II: Old North Knoxville H

Approved With Conditions

Recommendation

Staff recommends approval of the work as proposed, with the conditions that 1) new balustrade and handrail match the front porch in design and size, with balusters set into the top and bottom rails; 2) if any of the rear columns are proposed for replacement, final specifications with dimensions should be submitted to staff for approval.

Applicant Request

Porch

- Modification to house's rear porch (northwest corner of the house). The porch will be enclosed with screens using removable batons adjacent to porch columns. A railing will be installed on the rear and side elevation of the porch, with a chamfered half-round handrail and turned wood balusters to match the balustrade and handrail on the front porch. A screen door will be installed on the right side, salvaged from a previous renovation, in its original location.
- Conditions of approval per 6/17/21 HZC meeting:
- 1) new balustrade and handrail match the front porch in design and size, with balusters set into the top and bottom rails;
- 2) if any of the rear columns are proposed for replacement, final specifications with dimensions should be submitted to staff for approval.

Old North Knoxville H

- Style: Queen Anne, c.1898
  - Two-story residence with a hipped roof with gables projecting to front and sides, clad in asphalt shingles, an exterior of wood clapboard siding, and a continuous brick foundation. Gable fields feature fish-scale and diamond-patterned wood shingles, decorative fascia boards,and cornice returns. Two-story, wrap-around porch with turned wood balustrade and round wood columns with Ionic capitals on the lower porch. Two brick chimneys. Double-hung, two-over-one wood windows.

Applicable Guidelines

Old North Knoxville Design Guidelines, adopted by the Knoxville City Council on November 25, 2004.

- C. Porches
  - 1. Historic porches on houses in Old North Knoxville should be repaired, or may replicate the original porch if documentation of its size and design can be discovered.
  - 2. Design elements to be incorporated in any new porch design must include tongue-and-groove wood floors, beadboard ceilings, wood posts and/or columns and sawn and turned wood trim when appropriate. If balustrades are required, they must be designed with spindles set into the top and bottom rails.
  - 5. Porches and balconies visible from a street may not be enclosed unless the enclosure provides as much transparency as existed prior to the enclosure and is designed to be immediately removable.

See Guidelines

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