Cumbrian livestock auctioneer buys two hotels worth £2m-plus
Published June 7th, 2007
Cumbrian livestock auctioneer Hopes Auction Mart of Wigton has moved into the hotel market with the acquisition of two properties in the north-west of the region worth a combined £2m-plus.
Its first purchase was the Golf hotel, a Victorian promenade property at Silloth-on-Solway, which offers 22 en-suite bedrooms, an 80-seat bar lounge, a 40-seat dining room, two function rooms to accommodate 24 and 120 guests, a residents’ lounge and a games room.
It comes complete with a two-bedroom owners’ house and three one-bedroom staff flats.
Previous owners Fausto and Christine Previtali will continue to manage the Golf hotel in tandem with Hopes Auction’s second acquisition, the Greenhill hotel at Red Dial near Wigton.
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