This empty 21 bedroom Georgian hotel in Tangier Street, Whitehaven was up for auction on 30th May 2024 having been used for housing asylum seekers for a while after it was sold by long term family owners in 2022.

It was up for online auction again on Thursday 27th June with SDL Property Auctions, with a guide price of ‘£280,000, plus fees’. However, it failed to sell.

It is to be auctioned yet again on Thursday 25th July at 9am, currently with same guide price. Third time lucky ?

In the meantime the car parking area at the front of the hotel is being well used for free parking !

It is to be hoped that the hotel is eventually bought by a good hotel operator and that real ale returns on the bar in this fine old listed building.