A Michelin-listed pub has been put up for sale.

The Red Lion in Milstead, near Sittingbourne, has gone on the market for £649,950.

The 18th century building is owned by Frenchman Patrick Coevoet and his wife Josephine, who have decided to retire.

Its restaurant, which has featured in the Michelin Eating Out in Pubs guide, has many of its original features, including a log fireplace and wooden floors. It has space for 55 covers.

Its one-acre plot also has a gravel car park with space for 40 vehicles and a large garden with capacity for 50 people.

James Hughes, business agent at Christie & Co’s Maidstone office, which is handling the sale, said: “As a successful key community asset and with its proximity to Sittingbourne and surrounding villages of Frinsted, Wichling and Doddington, the business provides an excellent opportunity for either an owner operator or commercial operator.

“There is scope to further increase trade by extending the opening hours, as the current owners have run the pub as a lifestyle business over the past 13 years.

"Planning permission has been granted to build a three bay barn with private driveway in the owners’ garden and foundations are already in place to build a fourth bedroom over the commercial kitchen.”