Award-winning Cotswolds inn sold through Christie & Co

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Nicky Godding

Property advisor Christie & Co has sold the award-winning Mousetrap Inn, in Bourton-on-the-Water.

The sale price has not been revealed.

The Mousetrap Inn is a favourite retreat for the local community as well as for holidaymakers.

The mid-19th century Victorian property has been restored, and offers 11 en suite rooms, a spacious restaurant and outdoor dining terrace.

Nicholas Calfe, Director – Hospitality South at Christie & Co, who handled the sale, said: “The Mousetrap Inn represented an excellent turnkey opportunity, having received ongoing investment by the previous owner, Mike Gascoyne, who has done a fantastic job at creating a go-to venue in the heart of the Cotswolds. Having sold the venue to Mike back in 2007, it was a delight to bring it to the market on his behalf all these years later and achieve a successful sale.”

The Inn has been purchased by Stephen Davies.

He said: “My partner and I are thrilled to have acquired The Mousetrap Inn and will strive to maintain and enhance its high standards of food, service and accommodation. Having spent two decades working on the development side of the Hospitality industry, we have always aspired to owning & operating something so special. It has taken a long time to find the right business, but the character & history of the Mousetrap had us charmed from the outset. Despite the ongoing financial & resourcing pressures, which are felt very sharply by the Hospitality sector, we are fully committed to the long-term success of the Inn.”

Assistant Manager Michelle Beesley adds, “As a team, our main priority is working together with the Bourton-on-the-Water community, using locally sourced food and products, and making this the favourite haunt of local people as well as tourists.”

Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe. After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts. She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.