THE freehold 23 bedroom Abbey Hotel in Tintern, which closed in December, is up for sale by auction – with a guide price of £750,000.

Colliers CRE's auction team, working with Colliers Robert Barry's hotel team, has been instructed by joint administrators Stephen Goderski and John Twizell of Geoffrey Martin and Co to market the hotel which overlooks Tintern Abbey.

The attractive three-star hotel is fully furnished and comprises 23 en suite letting bedrooms sleeping 38, a bar, a 50 cover restaurant, a lounge, a 130 person function room, a detached two bedroom cottage and staff accommodation.

There is ample car and coach parking and more than 18 acres of mainly wooded grounds. The earliest records of the property date back to around 1835.

The auction is to take place at The Radisson SAS Portman Square Hotel in London W1 on 16 February. Further information can be obtained from http://www.collierscre.co.uk/auctions">www.collierscre.co.uk/auctions or Simon Riggall on 020 7487 1700.