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Maryville House in the heart of Portlaoise was formerly used by the Christian Brothers
Plans have been lodged to renovate a landmark Laois house and to use it and two new four storey blocks to build 32 apartments.
Ardain Developments Ltd has submitted plans to Laois County Council for the lands at Maryville House, Church Street, Portlaoise.
Ardain Developments intends to demolish the non-original additions to Maryville House, a regency style villa which was built around 1855 and formerly used by the Christian Brothers.
The developer also plans to renovate the original Maryville House and use it to construct four two bedroom apartments. Each of the planned two new four storey blocks will house 14 two-bedroom apartments.
The planning application indicates that a total of 85.4sqm of the existing Maryville House is deemed non original and due for demolition along with a detached shed.The two apartment blocks are to be connected to the house by a single storey glazed links.
“All apartments have private terraces. The development features 90 no. bicycle spaces (16 visitor spaces and 74 resident spaces); 20 no. car parking spaces; refuse storage; landscaping; foul and surface water drainage and all associated site development works,” the plans stated.
The planning permission was deemed incomplete on Monday, July 15 and will now have to be lodged with Laois County Council again.
Ardain Developments are behind the project to build 67 homes, a mix of 30 houses and 37 apartments and duplexes, for Clúid housing on a five acre site of former CBS land at Railway Street Portlaoise. They were also responsible for building the new 92 bay car park on the CBS lands at Portlaoise Train Station on behalf of Laois County Council. The new Train Station Car Park officially opened last November.
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