A FORMER pub and restaurant near Ellesmere Port will go under the hammer next month.
The Hooton Hotel, which closed in 2018, has been given a guide price of £325,000 to £350,000 ahead of the online auction being held by Pugh on September 9.
The 1.25 acre site next to Hooton railway station, which will feature among 85 lots going under the hammer, has parking provision for 50 vehicles.
The online auction opens at 10.30am on September 9 and bidders must have registered by no later than 12 noon on September 7 in order to bid.
The Hooton Hotel back in 2017 (Pic: Google Street View).
Pugh managing director Paul Thompson said: "Properties such as the Hooton Hotel offer great potential either for strategic redevelopment schemes and it would be tremendous to see the venue become an asset to the community once again.
"The site is in an excellent location, with superb road and rail links on the doorstep, as well as being just 10 miles from Chester.”
Pugh has continued to hold property auctions since the government introduced social distancing regulations in March, switching its operations to its existing online auction platform.
The auction house has sold more than 120 lots and reported sales of over £11m at its online auctions since lockdown.
- For more information on the Hooton Hotel visit pugh-auctions.com .
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