Lota Beg, Glanmire, Co Cork   

Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.

p. 191. “”(Kellett, Bt/PB; Mahony/IFR) A square late-Georgian house overlooking Lee estuary built ca 1800 for Sir Richard Kellett [1761-1853], 1^st Bt, to the design of the elder Abraham Hargrave. Impressive cantilevered staircase, Ionic triumphal arch at entrance to demesne by George Richard Pain. In 1837 the residence of D. Callaghan [Daniel Callaghan (1786–1849)]. Passed to the Mahony family later in C19.” 

The Buildings of Ireland. Cork City and County. Frank Keohane. Yale University Press: New Haven and London. 2020. 

p. 26. “The other notable late C18 architect in Cork, Abraham Hargrave, appears to have been engaged by Shanahan to help complete St Patrick’s Bridge after it was damaged by a flood in 1789. Hargrave was a relative, and possibly a pupil, of the noted architect and bridge designer Thomas Harrison of Chester. He settled in Cork and developed an extensive contracting business, building barracks at Cork and Fermoy and doing much work for John Anderson at the latter town. His houses include Dunkathel and Gortigrenane, Palladian in form with wings enclosing rear yards; the four-square Hoddersfield and Coolmore; and elegant but spare villas at Vernon Mount (Douglas) and Lotabeg (Tivoli). IN Cork city, his townhouses commonly have windows set in shallow arched recesses.”

 John Galwey (d. 1793) was of Lota, County Cork. His daughter Jane married Richard Kellett 1st Bt.

Lota Beg House, Tivoli, Co. Cork sold in 2022 courtesy ERA Downey McCarthy

Sold: €850,000 Asking: €4,500,000

6 Bed

Lota Beg is a period residence on c.11.38 ha (c.28.12 acres) situated on an elevated site off the Lower Glanmire Road on the outskirts of Cork City.
Based on the current Cork City Development Plan there are c.3 hectares of land within the city boundary zoned for Residential Development and which form part of Lot 2.

For sale in 3 lots as follows : Lot 1 :

Lota Beg House on c.7.13 ha (c.17.6 acres). AMV : €1M

Lot 2 :

Land c.4.25 ha (c.10.59 acres) of which c.3 ha (c.7.4 acres) are within the city boundary zoned for Residential Development in the 2015 Cork City Development Plan. AMV : €3.5M

Lot 3 :

The Entire AMV : €4.5M

Lota Beg House is located on and accessed from the Lower Glanmire Road on the outskirts of Cork City. It is approached by a sweeping drive that winds through the deciduous woodland that surrounds the property. Its elevated site offers views over the city and the river Lee. Lota Beg House comprises a detached, two storey over basement period residence built between 1780 and 1820.

The house is of significance as one of a group of houses in Tivoli associated with the Lota demesnes and whilst the house, gate lodge and entrance are all listed as being structures of ‘Regional Importance’, they are not listed as protected structures in the 2015 Cork City Development Plan.

The entrance to the property is a familiar sight to thousands of people but very few have ever passed beneath the iconic stone arch, decorated with a magnificent Irish Wolfhound. The elegant house, designed by Abraham Hargrave, is hidden from view but one of its most notable features is the large bow on the north facing entrance porch, behind which lies the house’s finest internal space, an immense circular domed entrance hallway, around which snakes a cantilevered timber staircase up to the first floor gallery.