One of Dumfries and Galloway’s most famed hostelries is set to change hands, as the Ship Inn, where celebrated author and playwright novelist Dorothy L Sayers wrote her crime novel The Five Red Herrings, goes on the market.
The 10-bedrooom hotel in Gatehouse of Fleet, known as the Anwoth Hotel in the days of Ms Sayers, has been extensively refurbished over the last ten years, with the late 18th century historic building now hosting a boutique-style village inn with an attractive open plan, linked and split level bar and restaurant facility. Current owners, Jim and Helen Stewart, who acquired the business in 2005, are set to retire from the trade and selling agent Colliers International is inviting offers around £395,000 for the Ship Inn.
The Stewarts have followed in the footsteps of previous owner Joe Dignam, who Dorothy L Sayers referred to in her novel as “the kindliest of landlords”. Today’s Ship Inn, which holds a Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence, is equally popular with visitors to the Dumfries and Galloway region, a favourite holiday and short break destination. The region’s proximity to Scotland’s Central Belt, the North of England and Northern Ireland, via the regular ferry services at nearby Cairnryan, has seen the area grow in popularity in recent years.
Alistair Letham, a director in the UK hotels agency team at Colliers International, commented: “The Ship Inn is a quite delightful, very well-established, village inn of an excellent standard. This is reflected in the good level of income that is generated and its attractive boutique style is undoubtedly a huge bonus in attracting repeat custom from visitors that return year after year.”
Colliers International is inviting offers around £395,000 for the Ship Inn, 1 Fleet Street, Gatehouse of Fleet, DG7 2JT.
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