Historic Zoning Commission

N/A: Level III

4-E-07-HZ

Applicant Request

Level III. New construction of primary building(s) or deviation from guidelines

Construct new T-shaped office building centered at the rear of Knollwood, and linked through recent back porch addition. New building will be raised basement, brick veneer on ground floor, with one over one double hung clad windows forming ribbon band on second story, hip roof with standing seam metal anodized roof, with transparent hyphen connection between historic and new buildings. Addition will not project beyond sides of Knollwood, and will be lower that roofline of historic house, so it will not be visible from Kingston Pike or approach to historic house, with complimentary materials in contemporary style.

Site Info

Two story brick with Hip roof with gabled dormers, added flanking porte cochere (west elevation) and enclosed sun porch (east elevation), modified front entry porch with two story columns and shed roof, one over one double hung windows, and added rear porch converted by enclosure to interior space.

The proposed addition sits down a slope from the original Knollwood building, and does not project beyond its edges at the sides. Its height is less than that of the original house, allowing the construction of a large amount of space that will not be visible from Kingston Pike. Its design shows it to be a clear product of this era of design, but every effort will be made to duplicate the color of the oldest brick on Knollwood, the roof shape will be duplicative, and individual elements such as windows and columns will be reinterpreted into new locations but clearly representative of the original Knollwood design elements. The addition will be connected to the original house through an unoriginal rear porch that has been converted to interior space; this connecting walkway will repeat design elements from that rear porch, will be one story in height, and be very transparent, so as to minimize the visual intrusion on Knollwood.