Perth’s Royal George Hotel up for sale for £3m

0 The hotel, which has 46 bedrooms, has been a landmark in the city since early Victorian times

One of Perthshire’s most historic hotels – which includes a basement gin distillery – is up for sale for £3 million, writes Scott Reid.

The Royal George Hotel in the centre of Perth has been placed on the market with property firm Colliers International acting for husband and wife team Eddie and Lorna Anderson, and their son Ed.

The three-star hotel, which has 46 bedrooms, is being sold as a going concern. Its basement was recently leased to a gin distillery start-up.

The Royal George has been a landmark in the city since early Victorian times and there has been an inn on its Tay Street premises for some 250 years. Colliers said it was inviting offers of around £3m for the hotel.

Alistair Letham, a director in the firm’s UK hotels agency team, said: “The Royal George Hotel has been an important and iconic business on the Perth hotel scene for centuries.”

It is being sold as Eddie Anderson (senior) is retiring.