Hepburn's US home on market

Hepburn's house was in the Manhattan district

Actress Katharine Hepburn's home in New York has been put up for sale for $4.95m (£3m) three months after the Hollywood star's death.

Hepburn bought the four-storey townhouse in East 49th Street in 1937, after renting it for six years.

The area has been home to actors such as Tyrone Power and Maggie Smith, as well as conductor Leopold Stokowski.

She died in June at her family home in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. She was 96.

Hepburn was considered one of Hollywood's most influential and iconic actresses.

She started out on Broadway, where her most successful role was as the original Tracy in Philip Barry's The Philadelphia Story, later turned into the musical High Society.

Spencer Tracy (right) was the love of Hepburn's life

Her starring role in the film version of The Philadelphia Story was the start of a long and usually triumphant career.

Hepburn won her first Oscar for her third movie, Morning Glory, in 1933, and went on to win a record-breaking four best actress Academy Awards.

In all, she appeared in more than 50 films, but it was her role in The African Queen, in which she starred opposite Humphrey Bogart, which brought her iconic status.

Her first book - The Making of The African Queen: Or, How I Went to Africa With Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind - made her a best-selling author at the age of 77.

She appeared in her last film, This Can't Be Love, in 1994, but suffered various health problems in recent years, including Parkinson's disease.