CRAFT BAKERY located in highly sought after HOLME VALLEY locality

Achieving T/o £430,000PA * Very long established & highly regarded artisan breads & confectionery specialist offering premium quality product range * Extremely well fitted character parade premises * High volume of year-round regular & passing trade in picturesque tourist town centre * Comes with charming & spacious 4-bed/2-bath self-contained private accommodation * Lots of further potential for 'hands on' operator * Superbly located acquisition for expanding craft bakery solutions provider * Sensibly priced for genuine reluctant sale after many successful years trading in same hands * Extensive inventory of quality fixtures & fittings included * Vewing absolutely essential REF MOB1145

The subject property occupies an outstanding and much sought-after trading position among other independent operators in the picturesque year-round tourist town of Holmfirth, which lies with excellent access to major road links (A635, A6024 and A616 etc.) in the delightful semi-rural Holme Valley area of West Yorkshire.

We are delighted to present this fantastic opportunity to acquire the valuable freehold rights to a thriving commercial and residential proposition of uncommon quality and outstanding future possibilities, which we are confident you will agree represents exceptional value.

This very long established and highly regarded, family-run traditional craft bakery currently primarily conducts an extremely popular retail operation of a wide selection of premium quality savoury and confectionery bakery items prepared daily in its extensively equipped in-store commercial catering facilities employing the finest and freshest produce.

The store’s products include a wide choice of traditional and unique artisan breads and associated morning goods, pies, pasties and sausage rolls, together with a stunning range of indulgent cakes, cream cakes, creative celebration cakes for all occasions, buns, slices and cheesecakes, with vegetarian and vegan options also available.

“The Old Bridge Bakery” also serves a highly complementary takeaway menu of classic breakfast rolls, hot and cold sandwiches, snacks and regularly changing daily specials, including speciality pies and lasagne etc., and would naturally furnish any enthusiastic purchaser with ample scope for continued growth, not least with regard to considerable further development of its wholesale catering supply services to other local retail and catering establishments.

The business would also benefit greatly by adopting a far more vigorous marketing policy of its excellent existing products and services, particularly with reference to the possible introduction of online advertising and ordering and to further development of its social media presence, in order to improve upon the already impressive levels of turnover it has achieved in the course of some twenty-five highly successful years’ trading in the hands of the two current family proprietors, with the aid of an experienced and motivated team of sixteen part-time staff who would be an asset to any purchaser.

Alternatively, this versatile proposition would most certainly appeal to some similar-sized or larger allied enterprise looking to very significantly increase its existing share of the professional retail and wholesale craft bakery solutions services market by the acquisition of a dynamic and extremely well located independent freehold operator with a priceless local name, a superb market-leading product range and a long established private and trade customer base, and we would strongly recommend the earliest possible viewing to avoid disappointment.

This charming, substantial and well maintained FIVE STOREY freehold character parade property provides extremely well fitted internal business accommodation which, to the GROUND FLOOR, briefly comprises an inviting, recessed and glazed public entrance directly off Victoria Street into the main, bright, welcoming and deceptively spacious retail sales and customer service area with inset diffused fluorescent spotlighting, which we are advised extends to approximately 800 square feet in total.

The main public area houses a full range of high quality, ambient and chilled bakery and drinks display facilities in addition to a large, glass-fronted and refrigerated, delicatessen-style food display and serve-over counter area for an extensive selection of premium quality savoury and confectionery bakery items, with electronic till/food ordering point and small open preparation area with bread slicer etc.

Further ancillary accommodation to the ground floor consists of access to all the usual washroom/WC facilities and descending staircase access down to a substantial LOWER GROUND FLOOR level housing the main, fully fitted and extensively equipped commercial craft bakery with extraction system.

The bakery houses ample stainless-steel work surfaces, storage units, a fully equipped preparation/washing-up kitchen area, extensive fixed and mobile storage and cooling racking and a full range of well maintained, industry standard catering appliances including various ovens, dough mixers and provers etc., all of which we understand is to be included in the sale price and further details of which will be made available upon request to any genuine interested parties.

Accessed by means of its own separate self-contained entrance and staircase from ground-floor level, to the FIRST FLOOR this wonderful lifestyle opportunity provides an equally high standard of attractively presented and appointed private living accommodation, which consists of a spacious lounge and a fully fitted domestic kitchen housing ample work surfaces, quality wall and base storage units, fitted sink unit and a full range of built-in appliances, together with one good-sized double bedroom.

Further private living accommodation to the SECOND FLOOR consists of two additional, good-sized double bedrooms, in addition to a fully fitted bathroom/WC.

The property also provides further attractively presented private living accommodation to the THIRD FLOOR in a loft conversion consisting of an additional, good-sized double bedroom.

*It should be noted that the private accommodation is currently let on a shorthold tenancy agreement to produce a useful supplementary rental income of £6,000 per annum.

The property also enjoys the benefit of gas central heating and double glazing throughout, in addition to the added security benefit of a full alarm system.


Externally:

To the exterior the premises are prominently signed and attractively presented and afford ample and inviting display window space onto a high footfall tourist town centre commercial thoroughfare, with unrestricted customer parking available locally.

The business is well fitted throughout and a valuable inventory of equipment is to be included in the sale price.