Pictured: Brian Hamblin

PKF Accountants & business advisers is seeking a buyer for one of the region's most distinctive pubs - Derbyshire's historic Bear Inn - after the business entered into administration in June 2011.

Situated in the beautiful Derbyshire Dales, The Bear Inn consists of a bar, restaurant and hotel with twelve rooms, plus two small holiday cottages. The venue is also capable of catering for weddings and other events, for up to 80 covers. Turnover is approximately £850k pa. The fame of The Bear Inn has spread across both counties and continents in recent years, as a gastro pub of note as well as an outstanding hotel, carvery and real ale venue.

Since at least the 17th century, the alehouse that would become famous as The Bear Inn has provided good beer, hearty food and comfortable lodging to travellers from across the land. Just to stand beneath the beams of this fine English country inn invites history to wash over you - and today it can still boast to be one of Derbyshire's oldest and most renowned hotels.

Administrators, PKF (UK) LLP, continue to trade the business as normal while seeking a buyer for this unique and quirky establishment. Brian Hamblin, a partner at PKF, said:  "A successful sale could save up to 20 jobs, as well as preserving a real piece of English history".