Railway carriage and pub for sale
Published at 11:10, Thursday, 05 May 2011
A UNIQUE pub which offers fine dining in a vintage railway carriage is up for sale.
The Hound Inn, at Arlecdon, is on the market for £750,000 with Meridian Business Sales, after its landlords decided to move on because of “family commitments”.
Its restaurant is housed in a 1954 railway carriage, installed in its grounds in 2000.
The 37-ton coach, named Orchid, played a part in British political history when it was used to carry the body of Lord Mountbatten – killed by an IRA bomb – from Waterloo to Romsey in 1979 as a royal train.
The 42-seater open coach was designed for first class passengers when it was built in Doncaster in 1955.
It now offers dining for 30 people, complete with its own bar.
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk
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