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Exceptional 17 Bed Hotel In Dumfries & Galloway For Sale

Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, UK
Asking Price:
£1,200,000
Turnover:
£1,200,000
Net Profit:
£170,000

Selkirk Arms Hotel
High Street
Kirkcudbright
Dumfries & Galloway
DG6 4JG

Excellent Quality 4 Star 17-Bedroom Townhouse Hotel
In “heart” of historic coastal Galloway town – the “Artists’ Town”
Fantastic range of bars, restaurants & meeting rooms
Excellent mix of local, visitor and repeat custom
Turnover c.£1.2m (net) March 2026
Presented very well throughout with excellent reputation
Superb business opportunity within thriving locale
Producing strong profits

FREEHOLD: Offer Over £1,200,000


Historic Note
Robert Burns is reputed to have written the “Selkirk Grace” when
staying at the Selkirk Arms in 1794:
“Some hae meat an’ canna eat
An some wad eat that want it
But we hae meat an we can eat
An “sae the Lord be thankit”.

The Selkirk Arms Hotel is a successful and profitable business, which has
benefitted from a regular programme of refurbishment and upgrading to
keep the hotel at its best possible position. The hotel is just off the town
centre, and enjoys the additional amenity of having neat peaceful gardens,
with outdoor seating, and a useful private car park. All in all, this
combination of compact facilities and “critical mass” combine to create a
highly profitable, rewarding and successful business.
The present owners acquired the hotel in 2007 and spent many years
developing a highly reputable and profitable business. The hotel is now not only
one of the finest hotels in the local area but Scotland’s South-West. Business
trade is generated from repeat custom together with general tourism and high
levels of local support. The sale of the Selkirk Arms Hotel offers a fantastic
opportunity to acquire a well-established business with excellent cash flow and
profitability.

TripAdvisor – 4.5 stars
Trip Advisor Travellers Choice Award 2023
Visit Scotland 4-star Hotel

Property Information

Property:

Freehold

Location:

The hotel is situated close to the centre of the attractive and well-known
coastal town of Kirkcudbright, which combines successfully the more
modern attractions of a picturesque resort, with a regular town centre, which
includes a variety of businesses and activities and a range of local small
industry and services. Kirkcudbright has long been a centre for visual artists
and is known as “the Artists’ Town” (the importance of which was
recognised with the opening, by the Princess Royal in 2018, of
Kirkcudbright Galleries – a regional gallery of national significance
celebration and promoting the unique art heritage of Kirkcudbright). The
town had a long association with the Glasgow art movement, including the
Glasgow Boys and the Scottish Colourists, Peploe and Cadwell, who based
themselves in the area over a 30-year period from 1880 to 1910,
establishing the Kirkcudbright Artists’ Colony. Also, among those who
moved here from Glasgow were Hornel and Henry. Plus, of course, the all
important and ever popular visitor and tourist custom prevails.

Kirkcudbright, in the beautiful Dumfries & Galloway region, has easy access to
the beaches of the Solway Coast, to the Galloway Hills, Mountain Biking
venues, a range of challenging golf courses and the UK’s first ‘Dark Sky Park’ at
Galloway Forest. Supporting this are two recent editions to Kirkcudbright and
Galloway, the Dark Space Planetarium and the new Dark Art Distillery, both in
the town centre, providing additional visitor attractions.

Premises Details:

The Selkirk Arms Hotel is an impressive townhouse dating back to 1770 and
believed to have been in hotel use continuously since that time and is an
Historic Scotland Listed Building, Category B. The hotel split over ground, first
and second floors is accessed both from the High Street and from the rear car
park.

ACCOMMODATION SUMMARY
The front of the hotel, accessed via the High Street, leads to reception office
with counter behind. The hotels accommodation is laid out over 3 main levels,
briefly, as follows:

Public Areas
Burns Room Lounge (20)
Lounge Bar (38)
Bistro (18)
Artistas Restaurant (70)
The Wee (Public) Bar (16)
Function/Meeting Room (within the annexe) (12)

Letting Accommodation
17 Bedrooms to sleep 36
8 x Double
5 x Twi
2 x Single
2 x Family
All bedrooms ensuite - 8 x Bath with Shower; 8 x Shower only; 1 x Bath only

Service Areas
Commercial Kitchen
Prep and Wash up Areas
Beer Store
Spirit Store
Laundry
General Storage

Outside
Enclosed garden area at the rear
Seating terrace for alfresco activities
Outdoor pizza oven
Private Car Parking (10 spaces

Energy Performance Rating:
G

Business Operation

Management type:
This business is owner operated.

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