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Board tables request to alter second-floor window at 219 South King Street pending detailed window specs
Summary
The Board tabled a request from Shirley Shockey to replace and re-center a second-floor attic window at 219 South King Street until the applicant provides detailed window specifications and drawings.
The Winchester City Board of Architectural Review voted to table an application to modify a second-floor side-elevation window at 219 South King Street to allow the applicant time to provide detailed specifications and drawings.
Applicant Shirley Shockey told the board she wants to replace an oversized second-floor window above the bathroom with a smaller, attic-style wood window similar to a historic window she said exists elsewhere on the house. Shockey said the existing window measures roughly 18 by 19 by 23 inches (applicant-provided measurement) and that she would prefer the new window be centered in the opening.
Board members noted the board’s guidelines generally discourage moving windows on a primary elevation unless there is physical evidence the window originally occupied a different position. Staff and board members said they could not find photographic or physical evidence in the meeting record proving the window’s earlier location; a 1977 survey image referenced in the discussion appeared to show the window in its current off-center location and thus did not provide clear evidence it belonged elsewhere.
Given the lack of definitive historical evidence and the absence of a detailed window specification, the board voted to table the application and ask the applicant to return with a measured window detail, materials and casing details, and any historical photographic evidence if available. The board encouraged the applicant to work with city staff (David) to schedule the item for the next appropriate agenda after materials are provided.
The applicant also discussed paint-color choices at the meeting and indicated she planned to paint the house siding a “society blue” with colonial white trim; staff said paint approvals of that nature are typically handled administratively if the color is within historic palettes and the window application returns with acceptable details.
The motion to table BAR25-233 passed on a voice vote.
