SeasideHomes: One of the most unusual homes offered for sale this year - the Martello Tower at Portrane - has found a buyer at around €1.6 million.

Lisney has sold the waterfront property, which includes a boat house, on behalf of bookseller Derek Hughes of Hughes & Hughes who kept it as a holiday home for some years. Tower House, on an acre, has a wild and beautiful setting with views to Lambay Island and Howth Head. It was extended in the 1930s, but the new owners, a couple in the communications business, plan to restore it to its original layout.