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Design Review Board approves barn and perimeter fencing for 240 Knox Ave.
Summary
The Aiken City Design Review Board unanimously approved a certificate of appropriateness for a 24-by-80-foot shed-row barn and three-board perimeter fencing at 240 Knox Avenue SE (CERH25-042). Applicant Susan Hook said the barn will match the house exterior and create four paddocks.
The Aiken City Design Review Board on April 1 unanimously approved a certificate of appropriateness for a 24-foot-by-80-foot shed-row barn and three-board fencing at 240 Knox Avenue Southeast (application CERH25-042).
The project will place a four-stall barn with an office/tack room on the right side of the property and install 52-inch-high three-board wood fencing around the perimeter and across the lot to create four paddocks. The applicant, Susan Hook, told the board the barn will be painted to match the existing residence and that the chosen elevation includes a single cupola. "We're just going to go with a architectural roof on the barn," Hook said, adding the fencing color and materials were selected to be compatible with nearby properties.
The board’s staff presentation said the property is in Historic Overlay District 1 and noted a previously approved certificate — which authorized a larger barn with six stalls — expired on Sept. 7, 2023; the current application requests a smaller structure with minor design changes. The motion to approve cited the Aiken Design Review Manual sections on landscaping, walls and fences, and new building design.
A board member who spoke in favor said the project "is going to make a welcome addition to the neighborhood" and praised the applicant’s effort to tie the barn’s design to the house. With no public opposition, the board voted by raised hands and approved the application unanimously.
The board approved the certificate; no conditions or amendments were recorded on the meeting transcript. The applicant may proceed subject to any building- and permitting-related requirements not addressed by the Design Review Board.
