Ripon Spa Hotel will close its doors for good after its owners failed to find a buyer, having put it on the market a year ago for £1.75 million.
The owners say they will continue to try to sell the hotel at a reduced price of £1.5 million but have declined to speculate on the future of the site.
It is Ripon’s largest hotel with 40 bedrooms and its closure is the first major coronavirus casualty for the city.
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The hotel’s owners told the 30 staff who were still working there that they will be made redundant.
A spokesperson for Ripon Spa Hotel told The Stray Ferret:
“It is with regret that we have to close and it is with sadness that we need to make redundancies. We cannot speculate on the future of the hotel.”
Ripon Spa Hotel has been privately owned by the same family for more than a century. When they put the hotel up for sale last year, it was the first time the property had been on the market in 115 years.
The hotel not only offered places to stay but it was also available for wedding parties, conferences, charity events, and sporting holidays.
It is likely that the lack of a buyer for the hotel over the past year will lead to speculation about its future and a potential change of use.
