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rM Mr. Locke said that in his opinion the contemplated change would not be an improvement to the neighborhood:, and Mr. Bowker said that he agreed with Mr. Locke. The Board took under consideration the fact that there are a number of other dwellings in the vicinity which have old-fashioned barns on the premises and that in one such case, represented at the hearing, a distinct interest was evidenced as to whether a precedent would be set that would allow similar conversion. Mr. Brown called attention to the fact that if the petition were granted, there would then be two houses on one lot. Upon motion of Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Locke, it was unanimously voted to deny the petition in the follow- ing form: BOARD OF APPEALS DENIAL The Board of Appeals, acting under the Lexington Zoning By-law and General Laws, Chapter 40, Sections 25 to 30 as amended, having received a written petition addressed to it by Nell Cutler Crawford, a copy of which is hereto annexed, held a public hearing thereon of which notice was mailed to the petitioner and to the owners of all property deemed by the Board to be affected thereby as they appear on the most recent local tax list, and also advertised in the Lexington Minute -Man, a news- paper published in Lexington, which hearing was held in the Selectmen's Room, in the Town Office Building on March 31, 1944. Three members and two Associate members of the Board of Appeals were present at the hearing. A certificate of notice is hereto annexed. At this hearing evidence was offered on behalf of the petitioner tending to show; That she wished to convert into living quarters most of the barn located on the premises in the rear of the house at 22 Hancock Street, making of it a single dwelling with the exception of room reserved for use as a two -car garage; the intention to use for this purpose the rear part of the ground floor, all of the second story and the basement; no change would be made in the appearance of the front of the present barn; access to the living quarters in it would be by an out-of-door stairway located on the side; that it was the intention to make the second story over into four chambers and a bath; to have a central heating plant located in the basement, and to have a kitchen and other living roots on the rear of the ground floor. • • •