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The Rose and Crown Hotel in the village of Bainbridge has been put up for sale with a guide price of £550,000.
The property comes with 11-bedrooms, a restaurant and three separate bars as well as the opportunity to acquire an additional seven-acre plot of paddock land.
This land has the potential for tourism-related development such as glamping pods or shepherd’s huts.
The property has retained many of its original features, its restaurant seats 85 people and the bedrooms accommodate 26 guests.
Mark Czajka, a director at Ernest Wilson, said: “The Rose and Crown is a really cracking business that’s being run at quite a low level currently. The owner, who had an exciting career as an RAF pilot and then as an airline captain before becoming a publican and hotelier, is gearing up to take his well-earned retirement after 25 years running the business.
“It’s such a well-loved institution, by locals and guests alike, and the village of Bainbridge is a must-visit destination for tourists all year round. It’s a great base for anyone visiting the Dales, with Aysgarth Falls and Hawes just down the road, and the village itself used as a filming location for the original BBC TV adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small.”
He added: “The hotel has enormous potential to be escalated to become a much more dynamic and profitable business and there is great scope in this beautiful area of the Yorkshire Dales, which is a real honeypot for visitors.
“Not surprisingly, we have had a great deal of interest from potential buyers – business opportunities like the Rose and Crown, which is the epitome of a historic Yorkshire pub and hotel, certainly don’t come along very often.”
