Historic Dumfries and Galloway hotel listed on auction site for £342,000
A historic Castle Douglas hotel is due to go under the hammer.
The Douglas Arms has been listed on the Future Property Auctions website with a starting bid of £342,000.
The auction is due to take place on Thursday.
The hotel on the corner of King Street and St Andrew Street is more than 200 years old.
It started life as a coaching inn.
The property has had a number of owners in the past decade.
A community takeover was investigated in 2017 after then owners Tayforth Inns LLP went into administration.
In 2021, it was bought by Keezark Ltd, a sister company to Paymán Investments, with the community again keen to get involved.
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The following year, it started to be used as a welcome hub for Ukrainian families who had fled their country after it was invaded by Ukraine.
Most recently, it has been listed of an American real estate investment company called Carre and bookings can be made on a website called Carre Boutique Hotels.
The Douglas Arms is the only hotel listed on the website
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