Lancashire 18th Century Hidden Gem Country Hostelry For Sale

Business description

Seeing is believing’ - an exceptional and picturesque 18th century country hostelry commanding a main road position unopposed and detached in the local village on the outskirts of the thriving towns of wigan and leigh


> Y/E April’08 Sales of £340,000 inc vat - 85% Wet with bags of dry potential now starting to be realised.
> Fantastic externals (100+ vertical) include the ‘finest bowling green in the county’ with huge flagged patio, bouncy castle, trampoline, children’s play area, full size football net….
> Excellent internals comprise Lounge/Restaurant (60) with fixed carvery, leather sofas, locals ‘Tap Room’ (60+vertical) with 4 Flat screen TV’s, trophy laden Games Room (10+ vertical)
> Well appointed and recently refurbished 4 d/bed owners accommodation with wonderful views over the bowling green and surrounding countryside
> Protected & renewable 20 year lease from Dec’03 partially tied- beer & bottle beer

A highly popular family orientated english country pub offered at a most realstic price of £59,995 lease assignment partially tied to include fixtures and fittings, goodwill plus s.a.v

LOCATION (WN2 5RQ)
Abram was an old mining community village approximately 2 miles and 3 miles from the bustling town centres of Wigan and Leigh respectively. The main A573 – Wigan Road where the Bucks Head is prominently located continues 3 miles to the East Lancashire Road A580 (dual carriageway that joins Manchester & Liverpool – both approx 10 miles away) with the M6 located within 4 miles.
The area is convenient for the main motorways and Wigan is on the main North/South rail network with 2 international airports within easy reach.
There is good public transport to nearby cities and throughout the borough. The area is convenient for the Lake and Peak Districts and both Chester and North Wales are nearby.
The local economy is thriving with many multi-national companies relocating to the area and includes the massive Heinz factory.
Wigan is Lancashire’s oldest town – of Celtic and Roman origin. During the late 1800’s Wigan had over 1,000 pit shafts within 5 miles of the town centre.
Today the attractive town centre will surprise you, a lively blend of mock Tudor shop fronts, department stores and elegant arcades. Just a few yards away are the graceful parish church and The Galleries – an award winning shopping and market complex, and Wigan now hosts the Grand Arcade, a multi million pound shopping centre.
Wigan pier is situated on the Leeds to Liverpool canal and has been revitalised so successfully that it is now ranked among Britain’s most exciting attractions.
Just about every sport is played in the area and the famous Wigan Warriors and Wigan Athletic Football club are both based in the town at the magnificent 25,000- seat JJB Stadium.
Other local attractions include Haigh Hall country park, Pennington Flash in Leigh, Camelot theme park and many more.
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
Built in the late 18th century this large detached attractive white exterior hostelry offers a host of period charm and character. Stone built and rendered construction under pitched slate roofs with panoramic views to the rear. Tastefully refurbished during recent years the trading areas comprise split level LOUNGE/RESTAURANT (60) with separate entrance hallway, solid wooden tables and upholstered chairs, 2 x leather sofas, half wood- panelled walls with tasteful pictures and mirrors, white ceilings with spot lighting, carpet flooring. To the lower area is the fixed carvery opposing the brick faced fireplace and adjacent to the wooden stable doors that lead out to the bowling green veranda.
TAP ROOM (60+ vertical) another bright and airy room featuring 4 plasma TV’s (Sky & Setanta sports) & surrounded by bench seating, upholstered stools and bar stools, solid timber tables all set on solid wooden flooring with a tile surround fireplace in one alcove.
GAMES ROOM (10+ vertical) adjacent to the tap room this popular locals area with pool table, darts, fireplace, games machines and double doors leading to the large flagged patio. The wooden shelving house a magnificent display of trophies won by the local sports teams.
SPLIT CENTRAL BAR SERVERY for the Lounge and Tap Room is of Decorative Solid wood construction with polished brass hand and foot rails, polished timber tops offering an excellent and varied range of Real Ale Hand Pulls and Bright Ale Pumps. 3 x electronic tills in place.
LADIES, GENTS and separate DISABLED TOILETS to the
Ground floor. Large BEER CELLAR to the basement with new line cleaning facilities to minimise beer wastage and 3x fridge/freezer storage units.
CATERING KITCHEN is fully equipped and attended to.


OWNERS ACCOMMODATION
Recently refurbished and very pleasant owners accommodation is located to the first floor comprising 4 large d/bed, fitted kitchen, bathroom and splendid lounge all with wood laminate flooring.

EXTERNALS
With the village Church to one side and open countryside to the other this huge and highly popular family orientated rear aspect awaits the unsuspecting passing trade. The magnificent floodlit bowling green used for local and county matches centres with perimeter park bench seating and wooden bench tables (100+ vertical) on the flagged patio attracting bowlers and spectators for miles. A recent £10k lottery grant won by the Bowling Club is currently being used to build a second Pavilion on the land.
The children’s play areas include, wood chip playground with slides, swings and climbing frame, large trampoline, bouncy castle and full size football net on the grassed area. The whole area has perimeter fencing for child security.
A new smoking shelter with park bench seating, beer glass shelving and patio heaters exists to the rear. Hanging baskets adorn the front and rear aspects of the building.


PREMISES LICENSES
We are advised that the Premises License allows opening for 12.00 – 24.00 Mon – Thurs, 12.00 – 02.00 Fri/Sat and 12.00 – 23.00 Sun. and the business currently trades 12.00 – 24.00 every day except 12.00 – 23.00 on Sundays.
A Personal License will be required and our training associates can assist with this for you along with other licensed retail training inc BII courses.

TENURE
The business is being offered with the benefit of a 20 year assignable LEASE commencing December 2003 from PUNCH TAVERNS with a current rent of £32,000. The lease is fully protected under the Landlord & Tenant Act and therefore fully renewable at its end for a further 20 years at no further cost.

SERVICES
We are advised that the pub benefits from mains electric, water and sewage with Gas central heating. Business rates are advised as £6,403 pa payable.


THE BUSINESS
Our client has run the business for over 4 years, initially as manager then purchasing the lease. Due to commitments to their very young family causing part time working they now wish to move on.
The business has a very strong wet trade and is highly popular with the locals being the FINEST PUB for many miles around. Recent introduction of the Carvery has proved a hit and demonstrates the huge dry potential this magnificent pub can generate with the CORRECT MARKETING STRATEGY.
Our clients have made the wet trade highly popular by introducing many different themes e.g. monthly karaoke nights, quiz nights, live music, poker nights, Halloween parties, local church wedding and funeral receptions, bonfire nights, ‘X’ factor and Bucks got talent featuring soon. They also sponsor the local football team and have in-house darts & doms and pool teams.
We have accounts to Y/E March’08 that show Sales of £340,000 inc. vat – 85% wet with recon net profits, after personal and one off expenses etc. of circa £17,000 for the year.

An excellent opportunity waiting for an enthusiastic couple to market the hidden outdoor facilities and promote the dry trade to fully capitalise o

Property information

Property:

Leasehold