{"id":84958,"date":"2023-08-30T17:46:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=84958"},"modified":"2023-08-30T17:46:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:46:17","slug":"ex-footballer-glenn-murray-launches-grand-designs-style-home-renovation-as-he-builds-mega-mansion-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/sport\/ex-footballer-glenn-murray-launches-grand-designs-style-home-renovation-as-he-builds-mega-mansion-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-footballer Glenn Murray launches Grand Designs-style home renovation as he builds mega-mansion | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOOTBALLER Glenn Murray has been given the go-ahead for a \u00a33million new build with a sheltered walkway between his garage and front door &#8211; to stop him getting wet.<\/p>\n<p>The former Crystal Palace and Brighton striker, 39, has kicked off plans to bulldoze a 1970s bungalow and turn it into a luxury four-bedroom pad.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/glenn-murray-working-bbc-fa-840109668.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/d0bf8fb6-d064-4958-b94f-96ddbb5e853a.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The black timber clad farmstead-style house will boast a heated outdoor swimming pool, gym, snug, chicken coop, wildflower garden and fruit tree orchard.<\/p>\n<p>It 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>\n<p>The proposed development was ruled &#x27;on-side&#x27; by planners at the local council after there were no objections from neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>In a design statement, Murray&#x27;s planning agent said: &quot;A freestanding outbuilding (cars, plant, gym) sits to the west following the site boundary.<\/p>\n<h2><span>READ MORE ON FOOTBALLERS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sport-preview-cars.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Footballers&#8217; worst rides, including Balotelli&#8217;s camo Bentley and more<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/JW-SPORT-PREVIEW-SCHUMACHER.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Schumacher finds love with footballer&#8217;s model ex-Wag as they cosy up on yacht<\/h3>\n<p>&quot;This is fronted by a timber loggia that unites the three volumes (and allows travel from garage to front door without getting wet).<\/p>\n<p>&quot;A loggia at the front unites all three forms and provides sheltered access from the garage to the front door.&#x27;<\/p>\n<p>Murray, now a football pundit, paid \u00a31million for the corner plot with a purpose-built kennel and koi carp pond.<\/p>\n<p>Conservationists were initially concerned about the &quot;industrial&quot; design of the new build with a &quot;seemingly over-large&quot; chimney, and harm to nearby listed buildings.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Football<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/crop-23681395.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>TRANSFER NEWS <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Chelsea linked with Raphinha, Mo Salah &#x27;WANTS Saudi move&#x27;, Nunes to Man City<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/newspress-collage-23695896-1693349383917.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>FLOPSPURS <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Spurs dumped out of Carabao Cup on pens by Fulham after NIGHTMARE own-goal<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/newspress-collage-23695424-1693342327666.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>ON BRAND <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Man Utd loanee scores HORROR own goal as nightmare loan spell gets even worse<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/JW-OFF-PLATFORM-SKY-SPORTS.jpg\"><\/picture>\n<section class=\"css-1r4x4sg\"><span>GAR BLIMEY <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Fans fume at Sky Sports commentator selection for live Carabao Cup clash<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But Murray has now scaled down his plans and was given the green light by officials at his local District Council.<\/p>\n<p>Murray played for Watford and Nottingham Forest in 2021 but retired that year aged 37.<\/p>\n<p>He began his career in the USL Pro Soccer League playing for Wilmington Hammerheads before a Conference North switch to Barrow.<\/p>\n<p>From there he worked his way up the leagues with a number of clubs, including Carlisle United and Rochdale.<\/p>\n<p>He then moved to Brighton for the first of two spells which saw him score a total of 111 goals for the club.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/a999b65e-a0bb-4911-8e23-645a5bb7e8b1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17240c52-5dbc-4136-8b8f-0e026a4db861.jpg\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/23659146\/ex-footballer-glenn-murray-grand-designs-mansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOOTBALLER Glenn Murray has been given the go-ahead for a \u00a33million new build with a sheltered walkway between his garage and front door &#8211; 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