FANCY owning a piece of iconic Cleethorpes history?
The famous Blundell Park Hotel in Grimsby Road has gone up for sale as owner Archie Needham is retiring after 40 years running the business.
The landmark 19-room hotel, bar and restaurant is being sold through estate agent Jackson Green And Preston and is on the market for £475,000.
Mr Needham is reluctantly selling the business after he decided to retire earlier this year, he said: "I've really enjoyed my time but it's time to retire now.
"I've owned the business for 40 years and loved every minute of it.
"I'm going to keep busy though; I'll work till I'm 90 and then get a part-time job!
"I don't know what will happen to the business after I retire but it would be nice to see it still running as hotel."
The fully functioning hotel offers a commercial opportunity as the building provides 19 let-able bedrooms with the majority having en-suite bathrooms, a good sized "Freehouse" bar area, and a 52 foot, 60-seater steakhouse restaurant.
The sale of the hotel not only includes the building but also all of the furnishings, fixtures and fittings, so any prospective buyer can resume trading again right away.
There is also the possibility of a development opportunity for nine apartments after Mr Needham obtained planning permission some years ago, for such a conversion.
Mr Needham would also consider a working part-owner, or may let out the property.
In 2013 the hotel saw Hollywood step through its doors as Bruno and Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen visited the hotel while researching his controversial film "Grimsby".
Barwoman at the hotel, Rosetta Stiles at the time said: "He was a really nice guy.
"He was really down to earth and was chatting away to all the supporters.
"I even managed to get an autograph but I wasn't allowed to get my picture taken with him.
"It was fantastic to meet him though."
The film sees Cohen play a Grimsby Town football hooligan who leads a group of fellow fans to watch England in Chile. While there he encounters his brother, played by Mark Strong, a British spy on the run.
The upcoming film has caused outrage among our residents, as they feel the town is being portrayed as a grubby, violent ghetto populated by undesirables.
The film has particularly caused controversy after it emerged that our town's women were being portrayed as "tattooed fatties" after Cohen hired six 20-stone women to depict female footballer supporters from the town.
