A planning application has been lodged with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for works to Traverslea, a six-bedroom Victorian house on nearly four acres, in Glenageary, Co Dublin. It was built in 1880 for Ivy Hone, a sister of artist Nathaniel Hone.
Developers Bernard Costelloe and Liam Maye are looking to build a single-storey extension onto the north side of the house which will house a swimming pool and gym.
They are also proposing to construct a conservatory to the south of the kitchen as well as refurbishing an existing coach-house and stable building.
The plan is to demolish a 1970s extension to the coach-house and convert a coach-house and stable into a single family house.
They are also looking to build three houses with parking to the north east of the site and to widen the gateway to the existing house, which is a protected structure, by relocating the brick piers.
A separate planning application to build 32 two-bedroom apartments and four three-bedroom apartments on a two-acre portion of Traverslea's grounds is currently on appeal to An Bord Pleanála.
The developers paid €5 million for Traverslea on Lower Glenageary Road, Co Dublin, which was the home of business and honorary consul for Malta, Neil Judd, until his death in October 2001.
