FREEHOLD LICENSED HOTEL/RESTAURANT & FUNCTION VENUE IN 4.5 ACRES NEAR KIRKCUDBRIGHT

FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY to acquire stunning detached landmark character Hotel * 9 lovely en-suite guest rooms * Extremely spacious & well fitted free house bar/dining/function & games room facilities * Taking £4,000PW GP 68% * Comes with stylish 4-bed private/staff apartment * Set in 4.5 well maintained acres of grounds & gardens in delightful riverside tourist setting * Includes charming separate detached 4-bed private bungalow * Lots of further potential for 'hands on' operator in wonderful lifestyle setting * Ideal acquisition for expanding high-end licensed hotel & leisure solutions provider * Sensibly priced for genuine sale after many successful years' trading in same hands * Extensive inventory of quality fixtures & fittings included * Viewing absolutely essential REF MOB1104

The subject property occupies a stunning trading position affording magnificent views over unspoilt surrounding countryside and the adjacent River Dee, and just one mile from all the many amenities and attractions of the charming fishing port of Kirkcudbright, which lies with excellent access to major tourist routes (A711, A755, A762 and the A75 to Carlisle and Stranraer) and approximately four miles from the dramatic Irish Sea coast, in Dumfries and Galloway.

We are delighted to present this fantastic opportunity to acquire the valuable freehold rights to a thriving income producing home of uncommon size, quality and outstanding future possibilities, which we are confident you will agree represents genuine value.

This long established and highly regarded hostelry currently primarily provides an exceptional standard of bed, breakfast and optional evening meal hotel accommodation in its mix of nine attractively furnished and appointed double, twin and family-sized guest rooms, all of which boast fully fitted private en-suite facilities.

“The Arden House Hotel” is also widely renowned for its full and varied lunchtime and evening menus of classic home cooked cuisine, regularly changing ‘blackboard specials’, hearty traditional roast Sunday lunches and indulgent desserts, with an excellent choice of hot and cold bar snacks also available.

All food is prepared freshly to order in its extensively equipped commercial catering kitchens employing the finest and freshest, locally-sourced produce and served in the very pleasant surroundings of charming and attractively furnished interconnecting traditional and glazed conservatory dining areas which combine to accommodate up to 100 covers in style and comfort, with some 180 additional covers also available in the property’s extremely spacious and versatile function suite, which we understand is the largest of its kind in Kirkcudbrightshire.

The hotel has also become an important focal point of the local, close-knit community over the years by providing all the welcoming and superbly fitted traditional free-of-tie licensed bar facilities associated with an establishment of this kind and operates from premises of a size which would naturally furnish any enthusiastic ‘hands on’ purchaser with ample scope for continued growth, not least with regard to exploring all the ongoing development potential of the property’s generous surrounding grounds for a possible extension to its existing accommodation, the possible introduction of live music entertainment evenings, and to considerable further development of its non-resident licensed dining and hospitality trade in order to fully exploit year-round local demand.

The business would also benefit by adopting a more vigorous marketing policy of its excellent existing facilities and services, both through its own informative dedicated website and to further development of its social media presence, in order to improve upon the already high levels of turnover it is achieving in the hands of the current director, with the aid of a team of nine experienced and motivated staff who would be an asset to any purchaser.

Alternatively, this versatile proposition would most certainly appeal to some major regional operator looking to very significantly increase its existing share of the high-end licensed hotel and leisure solutions services market by the acquisition of a dynamic and extremely well located additional independent freehold establishment with a priceless local name, a truly impressive range of facilities and a long established customer and guest base, and we would unreservedly recommend a viewing.

THE ARDEN HOUSE HOTEL

Fitted to high industry specifications throughout, these charming, substantial and impressive TWO STOREY stone-built landmark character premises provide truly outstanding and highly functional internal business accommodation with Wi-Fi internet access throughout and which, to the GROUND FLOOR, briefly comprises an inviting public porchway vestibule entrance into a spacious and welcoming hotel reception foyer area with well maintained fitted carpets, a fully fitted service desk and feature open dog-leg staircase access to first-floor level.

The reception hallway, in turn, affords easy level access through to extremely well presented and appointed communal and ancillary areas which consist of a welcoming public lounge bar and 70-cover general dining area with fitted carpets, well maintained loose and fixed upholstered dining furnishings and open access to a large and attractively furnished 30-cover glazed conservatory dining extension affording delightful views over the gardens to the River Dee, both of which are served by a fully fitted, timber-built free-of-tie licensed servery with full range of optics, draught pumps, chilled bottle display cabinets, bottle and glass display and storage shelving and electronic till/food ordering point etc.

The lounge bar and conservatory dining areas also afford easy access through to a spacious, The hotel kitchen has been upgraded with a new cooker extractor etc fully fitted and extensively equipped commercial kitchen with extraction system housing ample stainless-steel work surfaces, storage units, fully fitted and equipped adjoining washing-up kitchen and utility/laundry room areas and a full range of well maintained, industry standard catering appliances, all of which we understand are to be included in the sale price and further details of which will be available upon request to any genuine interested parties.

Accessed directly from the bar and restaurant areas, or by means of its own separate entrance, the ground-floor premises also feature an extremely spacious and versatile 180-cover function room (“The Britannia Suite”) ideal for weddings and all manner of other private and corporate occasions, with well maintained furnishings, fitted carpets, large dance floor area and full range of modern in-house sound and lighting systems, which we understand is the largest of its kind in Kirkcudbrightshire and includes its own, fully fitted free-of-tie licensed servery with 2 x electronic till points and ornamental security shutters.

The ground-floor premises naturally also incorporate all the usual separate male and female washrooms/WC facilities for customers, with further ancillary accommodation consisting of a staff restroom area with private staff washroom/WC facilities, together with a fully fitted and equipped trade beer cellar/bottle store with refrigerated barrel storeroom and separate access for deliveries.

Accessed directly from the business premises, or by means of its own separate entrance, to the ground floor the property currently also provides an equally high standard of living accommodation in a smart management/staff apartment consisting of a good-sized lounge and a fully fitted domestic kitchen housing ample work surfaces, quality wall and base storage units, fitted sink unit and a full range of built-in appliances, together with four double bedrooms and a fully fitted bathroom/WC.

Accessed by means of a staircase from the ground floor reception foyer area, to the FIRST FLOOR a landing area affords access to an exceptional standard of hotel guest accommodation which comprises :-

7 x double rooms with fully fitted private en-suite facilities
1 x twin-bedded room with fully fitted private en-suite facilities
1 x family-sized room with lounge seating area and fully fitted private en-suite facilities

All the guest rooms additionally boast flat-screen colour TV, Wi-Fi internet access, hairdryers and the usual complimentary hospitality facilities, with cots, irons and ironing boards also available upon request.

The property also enjoys the benefit of central heating and double glazing throughout, in addition to the added safety and security benefits of full fire and intruder alarm systems.

Externally:

Occupying an outstanding trading position with excellent access both to major tourist routes and to all the amenities and attractions of the nearby picture postcard waterside town of Kirkcudbright, to the exterior the premises are well signed and immaculately presented and are situated in generous and scrupulously maintained, split-level surrounding grounds, which we are advised extend to approximately 4.5 acres in total and would naturally afford attractive development options subject, of course, to the obtaining of any necessary consents.

The grounds currently feature a substantial private patrons’ car park which may comfortably accommodate in excess of 60 vehicles (including large coaches) together with extensive and well maintained patio and lawned public beer gardens providing numerous additional external covers in good weather with spectacular rural views and secure cycle storage facilities.

THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE

This wonderful lifestyle opportunity currently also provides a high standard of private owners’ accommodation in a delightful detached bungalow set in its own private grounds and gardens with a decked patio area and private off-road parking facilities leading to a substantial double garage.

The accommodation briefly comprises a private entrance into a welcoming reception hallway leading to spacious, interconnecting traditional lounge and sun lounge areas with French door access to the gardens and a separate dining room, together with a large, fully fitted domestic kitchen/breakfast room housing ample work surfaces, quality wall and base storage units, fitted sink unit, a full range of built-in appliances and access to a separate utility room.

The bungalow also features 1 x single, 1 x family (double bed and bunk beds), 4 doubles and 3 twins (double bed and single bed) with a fully fitted family bathroom/WC.

The property also enjoys the benefit of central heating and double glazing throughout.

For further information, why not visit the business’ excellent dedicated website at:-

www.arden-kirkcudbright.co.uk

The business is well fitted throughout and a valuable inventory of equipment is to be included in the sale price