Lording over Leeside

LOTA Ville House, a large late Georgian home on the hills fringing the eastern outskirts of Cork city and overlooking the Lee, is up for sale.

A family home for the past four decades, it has 7,500 sq ft of space over three levels - but that excludes the rounded floor area of the three storey round tower folly built on its north eastern corner.

Set on three acres of totally private grounds, the property is within three miles of Cork city - up in the wooded hills beyond the Moran Silversprings Hotel and Flemings restaurant.