AN ANCIENT Scottish hotel dating back to 1708 has been put up for sale.
The Saracen's Head Hotel in Beith – which has reportedly welcomed poet Robert Burns – is being sold as four letting rooms, as well as a two-bedroom owner's flat, a fish and chip shop, and a three-bedroom flat.
The North Ayrshire hotel’s sales listing has been put up on Zoopla, with offers in the region of £240,000, and £170,000 for the chip shop and flat.
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Murray Thomson, the owner, said: "I am selling two of our family businesses in Beith under same family for 40 years.
"The Saracen's Head Hotel dates back to 1708 and supposedly Rabbie Burns stayed there while buying a horse from Kilbirnie.
"The hotel has four letting rooms and a two-bedroom owner's flat, the fish and chip shop and three-bedroom flat.
"All have had separate tenants and there is a rental from a cash machine."
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