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Commission approves hip dormers for Hadey house to replace attic fans
Summary
The commission approved hip dormers for attic ventilation at Edward and Diane Hadey’s house after finding the proposal consistent with the house’s vernacular and noting the dormers would replace non-historic attic fans.
The New Shoreham Historic District Commission on Sept. 29 approved a proposal by Edward and Diane Hadey to install hip dormers on their house to provide attic ventilation and to replace two existing attic fans.
Commissioners said the existing fans are not historic and that dormers designed to match the house’s turret and roofline would be more consistent with the building’s architecture. The applicants proposed a 7-foot-wide dormer with two side-by-side Anderson 2-over-2 windows; commissioners asked that the dormer replicate the hip profile and overhang shown in the sample photographs submitted with the application.
A motion to approve the dormers, including the two adjacent windows slightly longer than the single window originally shown (identified in the discussion as roughly 27 by 36 inches for each light), carried after a second. The commission recorded findings of fact that the house is an important historic building, that the dormers respond to a ventilation need and that the proposed dormers are in keeping with the house’s vernacular.
The commission noted that final construction will remain subject to normal building-permit reviews and any external approvals required by state agencies.
