Quality Restaurant And Craft Gift Shop In Dunster For Sale

Business description

The property is a Grade 11 Listed former Chapel with some marvelous original features and very spacious family accommodation.

The business is that of a Cafeteria/ Restaurant seating 34 and offers home made lunches, cakes, snacks, coffees and both afternoon teas and cream teas as well as a quality gift shop.

The gift shop is operated on separate terms opening similar hours and sells quality gifts including handbags, costume jewellery, Cornish hand made crafts, locally made crafts, some Fairtrade products, hats, jackets, cushions and bedspread covers. The business is available as a going concern and if the business is acquired including the gift shop then stock will have to be purchased at valuation by negotiation. The final stock figure will depend on the time of year.

We understand that the chapel was converted around 1971 and originally operated as a pottery kiln and in the mid 1980's the tea shop was established. A discerning purchaser could utilise the entire ground floor as a Restaurant/Tea Shop or continue this already successful business.

Property information

Property:

Freehold

Living accommodation:

3 Bedroom owners accommodation

Location:

The business is located in a prime tourist position in the popular medieval village of Dunster within Exmoor National Park. Chapel House fronts on to West Street and faces the main pedestrian thoroughfare and is directly opposite one of the main vehicular access ways to the famous Dunster Castle. The property is within sight of the village Church and near by is the popular village School.

Premises details:

The property is a former Methodist Chapel dating back to around 1878 being a Grade II listed building and having been converted to a delightful family home and income. The property has many architectural features of merit, being constructed of dressed and coarsed red sandstone and having a steep gabled natural slate roof and ornate Dutch gable to the front. There are moulded architraves to the ground floor windows. The property is extremely large and the ground floor, being a formal chapel, is taken up entirely now by the Restaurant/Cafeteria on one side and on the other side is the Gift Shop which extends to the rear on two further levels where the former alter used to stand.

Within the Cafeteria there are displayed, 3 wall mounted depictions of verses from the Bible believed to date back some 200 years. To the rear of the Gift Shop access is gained to the rear car port where there is a customer cloakroom.

The private quarters are approached from the side of the property having their own separate doorway giving access to a large and airy Entrance Hall, beyond this is the Preparation Room and Kitchen for the Cafeteria. From the Hallway stairs give access to the first floor where there is a spacious open plan private Kitchen opening out to the large Dining Room area and beyond that a marvellous Lounge area with a vaulted ceiling which has an apex of 14ft from floor to ceiling. As you walk into the room you are attracted to the far wall where there is a circular decorated stained glass window with a verse from the Bible and 8 busts of bearded Victorian figures. Off the main Lounge are 2 private Bedrooms and off the main Dining Room there is an understairs area ideal as a Library. Off the Dining Room is a private Bathroom/WC with shower and access is also gained to the first floor Conservatory the doorway opening out onto a private balcony overlooking the village with the cottages and village Church beyond. To the second floor there is a large open plan Bedroom with its own en-suite Shower Room/WC. This room could easily be converted to provide 2 or 3 Bedrooms if required (subject to any planning consents).

Business Operation

Trading hours:

Opens from March to around mid December, closed on Thursdays out of choice, and opening 10am - 4.30pm.

Employees:

The business is operated by a husband and wife team