Somervilla has Irish RM roots in Castletownshend

SOMERVILLA says a lot, even in its name. This Castletownshend west Cork house does indeed have direct links with the Somerville family of literary renown: it is villa-esque, and, well, it holds promises of summers-to-come too.

A new market arrival, it has just had a complete top-to-bottom overhaul, and has been put up for sale with Aidan Murphy of Town and Country Auctioneers in Skibbereen.

Somervilla is within picturesque Castletownshend, on the downwards slope as you enter the village.