IMPRESSIVE FREEHOLD HOTEL/BAR & RESTAURANT IN CASTLE DOUGLAS TOWN CENTRE

THE IMPERIAL HOTEL These charming, substantial and impressive FOUR-STOREY freehold stone-built listed former Victorian coaching inn premises have been sympathetically converted, modernised and extended over the years whilst retaining many attractive original features. The premises provide well fitted and highly functional internal business accommodation which, to the GROUND FLOOR, briefly comprises an inviting public entrance directly off King Street into two, welcoming and interconnecting public bar areas, with well maintained loose and fixed upholstered furnishings and fully fitted, timber-built free-of-tie licensed serveries with full range of optics, draught pumps, chilled bottle display cabinets, bottle and glass display and storage shelving and electronic till points. The public bar areas, in turn, afford access both to a large and fully equipped adjoining games room with polished timber flooring, pool table, 2 x dartboard areas and jukebox and to an additional, relaxing lounge bar area with its own fully fitted free of tie licensed servery. Accessed directly from the bar areas, or by means of its own separate entrance, the ground-floor premises also feature an attractively appointed residents’ breakfast room and former non-resident licensed restaurant with well maintained fitted carpets and attractive furnishings for approximately 50 covers, which is served by a fully fitted and equipped commercial kitchen with extraction system. The kitchen houses ample work services, storage units, a fully equipped preparation washing-up kitchen area and a full range of well maintained, industry standard catering appliances, all of which we understand are to be included in the sale price and further details of which will be made available upon request to any genuine interested parties. The bar and restaurant areas also include their own separate male and female washroom/WC facilities for customers allowing them to operate independently if required, with further ancillary accommodation consisting of a fully furnished and equipped private and general administration office, together with a fully fitted and equipped trade beer cellar/bottle store with refrigerated barrel storeroom and separate access for deliveries. Accessed by means of its own separate entrance directly off King Street, the ground-floor premises also incorporate a welcoming, dedicated hotel reception area with fully fitted service desk and staircase access to the upper floors. Accessed by means of a staircase from the ground-floor hotel reception area, to the FIRST and SECOND FLOORS the property provides attractively furnished and presented AA 2-star rated bed and breakfast guest accommodation in a total of 12 x double rooms, all of which boast fully fitted private en-suite facilities. All the guest rooms additionally include satellite colour TV, hairdryer, radio/alarm and the usual complimentary hospitality facilities. Accessed by means of a staircase from the second floor, the property also incorporates a large THIRD FLOOR level which we understand is currently unused, but which would naturally afford excellent potential for conversion to additional letting or private accommodation subject, of course, to the obtaining of any necessary consents. The property also enjoys the benefit of mains gas and electricity power supplies, in addition to the added safety and security benefits of full fire and intruder alarm systems. Externally: Occupying an outstanding trading position on a high footfall year-round tourist market town centre commercial thoroughfare, to the front the premises are well signed and attractively presented with an impressive listed façade and afford feature central archway vehicle access with lockable double security doors directly off King Street to a large and well maintained central courtyard employed as a public beer garden and smoking area with picnic-style bench and tables. The courtyard area also features a large covered area employed

The subject property occupies an outstanding and highly visible trading position in the charming and historic year-round lochside market town of Castle Douglas, which lies with excellent access both to major road links (A75, A713 and A745 etc.) and to the beautiful and dramatic Solway Coast, in a delightful rural area of Dumfries and Galloway with a high volume of year-round tourist activity.