Ex-footballer Glenn Murray launches Grand Designs-style home renovation as he builds mega-mansion
pThe former a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196666/crystal-palace/Crystal Palace/a and a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/3571589/brighton-hove-albion/Brighton/a striker, 39, has kicked off plans to bulldoze a 1970s bungalow and turn it into a luxury four-bedroom pad./p
figure id=attachment_23659399 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 650pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/glenn-murray-working-bbc-fa-840109668.jpg?strip=allamp;w=640 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23659399 width=640 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditGetty/figcredit/figureGlenn Murray is building a mega-mansion[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23689933 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 815pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/d0bf8fb6-d064-4958-b94f-96ddbb5e853a.jpg?strip=allamp;w=805 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23689933 width=805 height=623 /figcaption class=wp-caption-textHow his new home will look after works are carried out/figcaptionfigcreditJohn Pardey Architects (JPA)/figcredit/figure
pThe black timber clad farmstead-style house will boast a heated outdoora href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/swimming/ swimming pool/a, gym, snug, chicken coop, wildflower garden and fruit tree orchard./p
pIt will also have a glazed entrance hall, guest suite, study, paved dining terrace and timber loggia to protect Murray from the rain in the short walk from his car./p
pThe proposed development was ruled #8216;on-side#8217; by planners at the local council after there were no objections from neighbours./p
pIn a design statement, a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/15118839/brighton-glenn-murray-retires-crystal-palace/Murray/a#8216;s planning agent said: #8220;A freestanding outbuilding (cars, plant, gym) sits to the west following the site boundary./p
p#8220;This is fronted by a timber loggia that unites the three volumes (and allows travel from garage to front door without getting wet)./p
p#8220;A loggia at the front unites all three forms and provides sheltered access from the garage to the front door.#8217;/p
pa href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/15118839/brighton-glenn-murray-retires-crystal-palace/Murray/a, now a football pundit, paid £1million for the corner plot with a purpose-built kennel and koi carp pond./p
pConservationists were initially concerned about the #8220;industrial#8221; design of the new build with a #8220;seemingly over-large#8221; chimney, and harm to nearby listed buildings./p
pBut Murray has now scaled down his plans and was given the green light by officials at his local District Council./p
pMurray played for Watford and Nottingham Forest in 2021 but retired that year aged 37./p
pHe began his career in the USL Pro Soccer League playing for Wilmington Hammerheads before a Conference North switch to Barrow./p
pFrom there he worked his way up the leagues with a number of clubs, including Carlisle United and Rochdale./p
pHe then moved to Brighton for the first of two spells which saw him score a total of 111 goals for the club./p
figure id=attachment_23690513 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 463pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/a999b65e-a0bb-4911-8e23-645a5bb7e8b1.jpg?strip=allamp;w=453 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23690513 width=453 height=307 /figcaption class=wp-caption-textGlenn has been given the go-ahead for a sheltered walkway between his garage and front door – to stop him getting wet/figcaptionfigcreditJohn Pardey Architects (JPA)/figcredit/figure
figure id=attachment_23659543 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/17240c52-5dbc-4136-8b8f-0e026a4db861.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23659543 width=960 height=735 /figcaption class=wp-caption-textGlenn retired from the game in 2021 and works as a pundit/figcaptionfigcreditGetty/figcredit/figure