For Sale – Battlesteads Hotel & Restaurant
Christie & Co UK are pleased to offer for sale Battlesteads Hotel & Restaurant, located near Hexham, in south west Northumberland, England.
Key Features
- Outstanding and multi award winning hotel
- Over 20 en suite rooms inc. luxury lodges
- Average net profit for last 5 years: £260k PA
- Near Hadrians Wall, Kielder and National Park
- Substantial F/B trade with bar and restaurant
- Strong income streams and unique selling feature
- Energy Rating B
Location
Battlesteads Hotel and Restaurant is situated on the edge of the town of Wark, in south west Northumberland, approximately 10 miles north of Hexham and 30 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is ideally situated to capture regional tourism as it is perfect for Northumberland National Park, Kielder Forest and Water Park and also Hadrian’s Wall which is a UNESCO Word Heritage Site.
The A69 provides good road access to Tyneside and also Carlisle, where it links to the M6 leading to The Lake District and Scotland, while the nearby A68 provides a short drive to the Scottish Borders.
Internal Details
Dating back to the mid 1700’s, the building boasts a good sized restaurant with seating for 30, a character filled bar with lovely open fireplace and a recently added, full width extension to the front which is in keeping with the stonework, style and history of the building and provides a further 20 dining spaces or alternatively a function room for private parties or fine dining.
To the rear is a very pleasant and sunny conservatory providing another 50 dining covers and this leads out to the covered dining patio terrace with 50 more external seats and tables beneath a series of heated and illuminated Gazebos.
The Observatory
To take full advantage of the proximity to the Northumberland Dark Skies Park, Battlesteads has its own state of the art observatory complete with retractable roof, viewing/observation room and high powered telescope, This is operated under licence to the hotel, by a local independent firm who give presentations to fee paying customers who purchase tickets through the hotel, thus providing an extra income stream for the business.
Accommodation
The hotel has 17 en-suite bedrooms across the ground and first floor of the main building, these rooms all have en suite and all but one are double or twin rooms.
Each room has a flat screen TV, Freeview, DVD, Tea and Coffee facilities, hairdryer and free Wi-Fi and are well presented, decorated and furnished.
Detached from main hotel building, but just a short walk across the car park, there are five luxury lodges, each of which has a very spacious bedroom/sitting room, vaulted ceiling, patio window, which creates a light and airy feeling, and a skylight window ideal for stargazing.
Other Property
To the side of the hotel is a staff house which has the laundry to the rear and this comprises three bedrooms and kitchen and a bathroom.
There are two further houses close by which are available by separate negotiation and these are Bank House which has three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom and Forge Cottage which has two bedrooms, a lounge. a kitchen and a bathroom. There is ample on site parking with 30 spaces at the front side and rear and this leads to the vegetable and herb gardens, the observatory and the huge 36 panel solar panel.
The Opportunity
The hotel has received a multitude of awards and accolades for its environmentally friendly and self sustaining business model. To the rear of the beer garden is the fruit and vegetable gardens where a large system of carefully tended nurseries, temperature and humidity controlled containers and numerous polytunnels provide produce for the hotel kitchen as well as flowers for the baskets and planters.
Aside from this there is the Biomass Boiler house which also doubles as a climate controlled herb nursery and at the top of the car park is a huge 36 panel solar energy construction which provides the business with a substantial cost saving in electricity. The Biomass Boiler also produces around £16,000 in annual RHI payments and this still has 10 years to run.
