Jersey Farm Hotel up for sale – with £1,100,000 price tag, Teesdale Mercury

A TEESDALE hotel which has been run by the same family for 36 years is now on the market – with a £1m plus price tag.

In 1976, after five years doing B&B, John, Jean and Mark Watson decided to diversify and establish the acclaimed Jersey Farm Hotel on the outskirts of Barnard Castle.

From its humble beginnings of just four rooms, the hotel now boasts 22 rooms including seven luxury suites and rooms with four-poster beds, a restaurant which seats more than 100 people, conference facilities and The Barn – a purpose-built function suite catering for a variety of weddings and social gatherings.

But now, after so many years of looking after guests and getting up early to serve breakfasts, John and Jean have decided to retire and take life a little easier. 

The hotel has a team of managers and staff who will continue to provide the same excellent level of service for the new owners and all future bookings will be honoured.

John Watson said: “We have come a long way from serving guests in our own front room. We started after local people asked us to serve meals and now we have guests who come from all over the world to visit us and, of course, get married with us.” 

The hotel is on the market with Christie and Co at £1,100,000 and the price includes the six acres of arable land that surround the hotel. And, says Christie and Co, it may even come with some of the Shetland ponies that make their home at Jersey Farm.