Plans to transform a long-derelict manor in Penarth into luxury flats have been revealed.
The plans, submitted to the Vale of Glamorgan Council, propose to convert the three-story Victorian mansion into four apartments and add an extension in the grounds featuring five more apartments.
EWM Properties, previously Equorium, has submitted the proposals, after buying the Normandy Manor building for £1,200,000 back in 2014.
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The planning documents also show propose trees, hedges and lawn space for the grounds, as well as an on-site parking area for the nine apartments with covered bicycle storage.
"Each new apartment is designed to have dedicated outdoor/ amenity space, as well as benefiting from the existing, retained and proposed landscaped communal gardens," the design statement for the new proposal reads.
The statement says that the proposed development is a "unique opportunity to restore the original mansion and ensure the building’s survival and future."
Despite the extensions, the proposal states that much of the plot will remain as garden area, with a large communal garden to the rear and a pedestrian link to Windsor Gardens and the seafront. The manor lies inside the Penarth Conservation Area.
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"The new extensions provide a softened contemporary look and feel that is enhanced and legible by the characteristics of the original building," the design statement reads.
"This is not a pastiche approach but a comfortable, familiar yet contemporary approach that is considered both appropriate and enriching, drawing influence from the Victorian window proportions and details in elements, such as the windows and the decorative balustrading.
"However, the prominence of the original building is respected throughout and will remain the dominant form on the site."
The building has been vacant for a number of years and had fallen into a state of disrepair, with very little of its roof remaining and vegetation growing from the chimneys.
Contractors removed part of the building earlier this year following a consultation with the Vale of Glamorgan Council as it was considered to be structurally unsafe.
The roof slates of the new extension and the windows of the proposals are proposed to match those of the existing building.
The design statement also says that the stone cladding of the new extensions is taken from the stone features "prevalent elsewhere in the Conservation area and, in particular, the surrounds of the windows to the original building."
Work is currently being carried out on the neighbouring Ashdene Manor to convert the house into three flats and add an extension with a further six apartments. The property had also been vacant for a number of years before renovation work began.
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