Leesburg BAR approves pebble-dash replacement, authorizes rebuilding after carriage-house collapse at 210–212 S. King St.

The Leesburg Board of Architectural Review on Sept. 3 approved replacing the failing stucco on 212 South King Street with new pebble-dash stucco and authorized rebuilding the carriage house that formerly stood at 210 South King Street on the same parcel. The board approved the application with conditions and a 5–1–1 vote after a lengthy discussion about whether the fronting house’s pebble-dash finish can be replicated and about circumstances in which the carriage house came down while renovation work was underway.

Staff said the structures at 210–212 S. King are on a single parcel and presented an application (TLHPBR20250050210) seeking retroactive approval for demolition at 210 and replacement of failing stucco at 212. Lauren Murphy, preservation staff with the town’s planning, zoning and preservation division, said repair is preferred by the guidelines but staff concluded the pebble-dash stucco is failing in large sheets, has trapped moisture behind it and that much of the historic wood siding underneath shows rot; staff recommended replacement in kind with new pebble-dash rather than a smoother modern stucco finish.

Applicant Kevin Ash and contractor Dylan McGreevey told the board they found extensive rot after…