A residential care home in Weston-super-Mare - owned by the same family for 50 years - has been sold.
Earlfield Lodge has been purchased by Rizwan Govindji who already owns another care home - Tilsley House - in the seaside resort.
Earlfield Lodge, at Trewartha Park, is made up of four interconnecting period properties and offers 65 bedrooms.
Bluebell provides high-end dementia care, Poppies provides residential careand Buttercup and Lilly provide residential and dementia care.
The home also has a chapel and a detached bungalow to the rear.
It was sold by specialist business property adviser Christie and Co.
Co-Owner, Mrs Carol Hinks said: “We were sad to say goodbye to Earlfield which has been in the family since we were small children, but very glad that it is now in the hands of an experienced and dedicated provider who will carry forward the vision.”
Mr Govindji said: “I am delighted to have completed on Earlfield Lodge, a home that has an incredible history and legacy over the past half a century under the care of the Butcher family.
“Our task as stakeholders is to continue to build on the history of Earlfield Lodge, and I will do everything I can to support in the endeavour to develop a 'Cathedral of Care' here; a place that serves the local community and which we can all be proud of.”
Oliver McCarthy, Associate Director at Christie & Co, who handled the sale, said: “Earlfield Lodge is a very desirable, well performing care home and I’m really pleased to have had the opportunity to sell it on behalf of sisters, Carol and Gillian.
“The sale wasn’t without its challenges, but all parties pulled together to get it across the line.
"I look forward to hearing about the home’s future success under the ownership of Rizwan.”
Earlfield Lodge was sold at an undisclosed price.
