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Commission requests redesign and forms working group for controversial Prospect Hill addition

Newport Historic District Commission · March 11, 2025
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Summary

After concerns about massing and changes to the front façade proportions, the commission organized a design-review working group and continued the application for Units 2 and 3 at 157 Prospect Hill to the April meeting.

The commission voted to continue the application for 157 Prospect Hill (Units 2 and 3) after multiple commissioners said the proposed second-story addition and a two-foot raise to the front wall materially altered the proportion and scale of the contributing structure.

Applicant counsel requested time to revise plans and offered to participate in design review. Commissioners cited concerns about the front façade proportions and the visibility of a rear addition from the west elevation. The commission formed a design-review working group to meet with the applicant prior to the April 8, 2025 meeting and then voted to continue the matter to that date so the applicant could return with revised drawings.