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Cowshill DL13

North East

£450,000

Listed on 24/09/2026

The listing

Property details

Bedrooms
N/A
Type
Mixed Use

Features

  • Parking

Description

Cowshill Hotel is a substantial former hotel in Upper Weardale, offered with off-street parking and approximately nine acres of land to the rear. The listing describes a property with six bedrooms and a range of original features, including fireplaces, exposed beams and a turned timber staircase. Its rural setting is presented as a base for exploring the Durham Dales, Alston Moor and the Lake District, and the property is marketed as a potential hotel, restaurant and bar business. The ground floor includes an entrance hall, sitting room, bar and lounge, commercial-style kitchen, pantry, cellar and separate ladies’ and gentlemen’s facilities. The bar and lounge has a large stone fireplace, while the kitchen includes an Aga, multiple sinks, storage and a dumb waiter serving the dining room above. Upstairs are a dining room, bedrooms and bathroom accommodation, with further attic space described in the listing. The property’s scale, existing hospitality layout and land provide scope for a buyer to consider its future use, subject to checks on condition, business requirements and any necessary consents.

WHOTS analysis

Our WHOTS verdict

An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.

49out of 100
Grade ELow opportunity

Confidence: LOW

Cowshill Hotel is a distinctive medium-scale project: a substantial former hospitality property with original fireplaces, exposed beams and a traditional staircase, set alongside approximately nine acres of grassland and hillside. The visible interiors are generally usable but dated, offering scope to refresh the kitchen, bathrooms, flooring and decoration while deciding how best to make the existing bar and lounge spaces work.

Key opportunities

  • Retain and highlight the original fireplaces, exposed beams and traditional staircase as part of a refreshed interior.
  • Modernise the dated kitchen and bathrooms and update flooring and decoration across the visible spaces.
  • Review how the existing bar, lounge and dining areas could support an improved hospitality offer, alongside the approximately nine acres of land.

Key risks

  • The specialist hospitality layout, large building and extensive landholding could make the scope and programme of a medium-scale project more involved than a typical house refurbishment.

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Location

Cowshill DL13
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Transport

Nearest stations

  • Stanhope Rail Station

    9.0 miles

    Train · Stanhope

  • Alston Rail Station

    9.4 miles

    Train · Alston

  • Frosterley Rail Station

    10.7 miles

    Train · Frosterley

  • Kirkhaugh Rail Station

    11.6 miles

    Train · Kirkhaugh

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Finance

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Current average 2-year fixed rate is 5.13%

Current average variable rate is 6.58%

Monthly Repayments
£1,839
Based on a loan of £337,500 over 30 years at 5.13% interest

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