Shanklin, England PO37 6BA

With first class reviews and a long-standing reputation for faultless service, this delightful 10-bedroom Victorian hotel built in 1870 provides an excellent opportunity for anyone wishing to take over a highly successful hospitality business. It is located just a three-minute walk from the scenic clifftop path and steps that lead down to the beach and about the same distance from Shanklin town and the railway station. The hotel is also not far from the renowned Old Shanklin Village with its charming thatched cottages and the award-winning Shanklin Chine. The property is approached via a wide frontage where you can park seven cars and has a path flanked by dwarf hedges that leads to the front entrance. With its varied roof lines, ornate barge boards and first floor bay windows it offers charming external features from a bygone era and period features continue once you cross the threshold. These include high coved ceilings, picture and dado rails, a fireplace, the original staircase, and ornate plasterwork including corbels and archways. At the same time the property has been sensitively updated by the owners and includes damp proofing, new flooring, a modern kitchen, and en suite facilities for every bedroom. The property also has solar panels to keep utility bills to a minimum. Each of the nine guest suites have been individually designed to provide the personal touch but still in keeping with the overall ambience of the hotel. On the ground floor there is a large guest lounge with a charming fireplace, a feature arch and a conservatory style frontage providing plenty of natural light. This continues into the spacious and welcoming guest dining room that can seat up to 22 guests. There is also a bar adjacent to the lounge where you can enjoy a relaxing drink or wander out onto the delightful guest terrace through the French doors. This floor also includes one double guest suite with access to the garden while the rest of the ground floor provides facilities for the owners. There is the owners double bedroom, lounge/dining room, bathroom and office as well as a spacious utility room with four washer/dryers, a back door to the garden and the large kitchen that opens into the guest dining room. The kitchen includes a large food preparation area known as the steel room and the main kitchen with its large range cooker, microwaves and plenty of storage as well as fridges, freezers, dishwasher and a stainless steel topped central island. Off the impressive galleried landing on the first floor there are nine en suite guest rooms including two doubles with en suite bathrooms, three triples with en suite showers, two doubles with en suite showers, a twin with an en suite shower and a single with an en suite shower. All the rooms have Freeview TV and hairdryers. Outside the rear of the property there is a charming garden with an immaculately manicured lawn surrounded by shrubs, colourful flower beds and mature trees and a large shed.