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    11

    Mar 2021

    Last Updated: 11/03/2021
    Business
    Business

    Harrogate's Alexa House guest house sold

    by Thomas Barrett

    | 11 Mar, 2021
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    Owner Sandra Doherty is stepping down as chief executive of the Harrogate District Chamber of Commerce. She plans to move to Northumberland and retire.

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    The Alexa House guest house on Ripon Road has been sold and is now expected to be converted into a home.

    Sandra Doherty, the owner, said the Victorian property had been on the market for just five days before a buyer was found. It was sold for an undisclosed sum.

    Ms Doherty said she was "delighted" to have sold the building, which she has owned for 15 years.

    She recently had an application to convert the guest house into apartments refused by Harrogate Borough Council.

    She said:

    "Ninety-nine per cent of my guests were lovely and I had a lot of return visitors."


    Ms Doherty will soon step down from her role as chief executive of the Harrogate District Chamber of Commerce and retire to Northumberland.




    Read more:




    • Harrogate’s Kimberley Hotel permanently closes




    • Plan to convert Harrogate guest house to flats








    Alexa House was built in 1896 by the renowned art collector Baron Conrad Adolphus du Bois de Ferrieres.

    It was built as a hunting lodge for its London-based owners to spend time enjoying Harrogate’s spa and riding in the nearby countryside.