Approval with the condition that the two trim boards proposed for the front west addition be painted a contrasting color to highlight where the original house block ends and the addition begins. Also conditioned that if it is determined that any original windows will need to be replaced, photographs of the degree of deterioration be provided to the HZC for review as well as a specification for the proposed new windows.
Construction of two one-story additions, one 18'x24' on each side of the east and west sides of the house. Both additions are set back from the front of the existing house by 10'-0". The corner boards of the original block of the house will be retained and additional corner boards between new and existing construction will be installed on the front west elevation as indicated on the submitted drawings. Repair two original windows on the west side and one on the east. The owner intends to store the historic windows with the house. The additions are to be wood-framed with siding, a brick foundation, and one-over-one wood windows. The roof of the additions will be hipped and covered with v-grooved natural- finish metal roofing to match that of the existing house. A porch/stoop is proposed to be added to the east side with a 3/12 hipped roof supported by square posts. The door on the stoop is proposed to be a half- or 3/4-light wood-framed door, with a clear glass transom above. A pair of wood-framed full-light doors is to be installed in the rear of the west addition.
One- and-one-half story frame with weatherboard wall covering. Brick foundation. Interior side brick chimney. Hip roof with lower cross gables and hipped dormers, standing seam metal roof. One-story three-quarters front porch with square wood columns, sawn wood porch railing. One-over-one double- hung windows. Transom at front entry. Irregular plan. C
1) The basic proposal was approved in August 2007 but expired in August 2009 before work commenced.
2) This new application differs from the original in that a small stoop or porch is proposed to be added to the eastern proposed addition to the house, and a projecting bay for the eastern proposed addition to the house.
3) Although the proposed new roof form of the west addition blends seamlessy into the original, the proposed vertical trim piece helps to delineate the block of the original house.
4) The stoop and bay proposed to be added lend architectural interest and break up the length of the proposed additions.
5) The additions will cause the removal of some early siding, which is not known to be original. The additions will also cause the removal of two original windows from the west side and one from the east. Since these elements are not particularly unique and are on the sides of the house, significant historic material will not be lost. The additions may be removed in the future to return the house to its original form.
6) The proposal does not meet the guideline which states: "New additions shall be located at the rear or on an inconspicuous side of a historic building." However, a side addition was approved in May 2013 for the house at 10801 Lake Ridge Drive that projected from the side of the house. Although at 8-feet long, it was smaller in scale.
7) Side additions are not as impactful on the large lots of Concord as they are in the urban neighborhoods where consistent front façade massing and spacing on narrow lots are important to the visual rhythm of the streetscape.
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