Plea to US-owner of Georgian villa to back park plan

A voluntary group driving efforts to save one of the country’s finest Georgian villas has made a public appeal to its wealthy US- based owner to live up to his responsibilities and help them with the ambitious project.

The Grange Frankfield Partnership in Cork, trying to secure the future of the listed Vernon Mount House on the city’s southside, said California-based Jonathan Moss has ignored all of their efforts to discuss the future of the dilapidated property with them.

“We have written to him and emailed him several times over the years — but he has ignored us,” said partnership spokesman Ger Lehane.