A house made to last, and last

Tommy Barker says Villa Sol was the pride and joy of German owner.

THE days of getting to a nunnery are in decline, but there’s still a scramble to get to a monastery, well to Rochestown Monastery at least.

Right beside the monastery in Cork’s Rochestown (where the latest house site sale came in at over €600,000) is Villa Sol, a huge family home with a €2.5 million price guide, and a bit of Continental swagger....a la the 1980s.