CHARMING FREEHOLD VILLAGE PUBLIC HOUSE & RESTAURANT NEAR NELSON

Super opportunity to acquire poplar hub of community life with high volume of year-round regular & passing trade currently operating on 6-day week from charming stone-built landmark character premises with extremely well fitted & appointed bar/games & dining facilities on main road through prosperous village suburb. Comes with charming 3-bed family apartment & scope for extended hours & online marketing etc in wonderful lifestyle setting. Sensibly priced for genuine Ltd Co sale with extensive inventory of high-end fixtures & fittings included & early viewing strongly advised REF 2439

The subject property occupies an outstanding and highly visible trading position in the prosperous and well populated village of Barrowford, which lies with excellent access to major road and motorway links (A682, A6068, A56 and M65 junction 13) and to the nearby centres of Nelson and Burnley, in the delightful semi-rural Pendle district of Lancashire.

We are delighted to present this fantastic opportunity to acquire the valuable freehold rights to a thriving income producing home of exceptional quality and uncommon further potential, which we are confident you will agree represents genuine value.

This old established hostelry has become an important focal point of the local, close-knit community in the course of some two centuries of highly successful trading by providing all the welcoming and extremely well fitted traditional freehouse licensed bar and games facilities associated with an establishment of this kind, and is home to a number of local indoor sports teams.

“The George & Dragon” is also widely renowned both for its regularly changing fine, cask-conditioned real ales and for its full and varied menu of classic home cooked pub meals, snacks, regularly changing “blackboard specials”, indulgent homemade desserts and hearty traditional roast Sunday lunches.

All food is prepared freshly to order in its extensively equipped commercial catering kitchen employing the finest and freshest, locally sourced produce and served in the very pleasant surroundings of an attractively furnished, open-plan dining area which may accommodate up to fifty-six covers in style and comfort.

The Inn is additionally a major local venue for regular televised sporting events, karaoke nights and live music entertainment evenings and would naturally furnish any enthusiastic purchaser with ample scope for continued growth, not least with regard to operating considerably extended hours in order to fully exploit year-round local and passing trade demand.

The business would also benefit greatly by adopting a far more vigorous marketing policy of its excellent existing facilities and services, particularly with reference to the possible introduction of online advertising and to further development of its social media presence, in order to improve upon the already high levels of turnover it is achieving in the hands of the current director, with the aid of a small, experienced and motivated team of two full-time and three part-time staff who would be an asset to any purchaser, and we would unreservedly recommend a viewing.

Fitted to high industry specifications throughout, these substantial, charming and extremely well maintained TWO STOREY freehold landmark character premises are constructed of local Pennine stone and provide outstanding and highly functional internal business accommodation to the GROUND FLOOR, which briefly comprises an inviting public vestibule entrance directly off Gisburn Road (A682) into a welcoming reception bar area with wealth of exposed timberwork, well maintained furnishings, wall-mounted satellite TV screens for live televised sporting events, wall-mounted menu/specials boards and a prominent, fully fitted free-of-tie licensed servery with full range of optics, draught and hand-pulled cask pumps, chilled bottle display cabinets, bottle and glass display and storage shelving and electronic till/food ordering point.

The main bar area, in turn, affords easy open plan access both to a fully equipped games room area with pool table and dartboard, and to an attractively furnished and appointed dining area which may comfortably accommodate up to 56 covers and is served by a fully fitted and extensively equipped commercial kitchen with extraction system.

The main kitchen houses ample stainless-steel work surfaces, storage units, a fully equipped preparation/washing-up kitchen area and a full range of well maintained, industry standard catering appliances including 6-burner oven and hob, convection oven, griddle, eye-level grill and various microwave, refrigerator and freezer storage units 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.

The premises naturally also incorporate all the usual separate male and female washroom/WC facilities for customers, with further ancillary accommodation to the ground floor consisting of a fully fitted and equipped utility room, together with a fully fitted and equipped trade beer cellar/bottle store with refrigerated barrel storeroom and separate access for deliveries.

To the FIRST FLOOR this wonderful lifestyle opportunity provides an equally high standard of attractively presented and appointed private owners’ accommodation, which consists of a landing area leading to a spacious lounge and a fully fitted domestic kitchen/breakfast room housing ample work surfaces, quality wall and base storage units, fitted sink unit and a full range of appliances, together with three good-sized double bedrooms and a fully fitted family bathroom/WC.

The property also enjoys the benefit of gas central heating and double glazing throughout, in addition to the added safety and security benefits of full fire and intruder alarm systems.

Externally:

Occupying an outstanding and highly visible trading position on the busy main Gisburn Road (A682) through the prosperous and well populated village of Barrowford in Lancashire, to the front the premises are well signed and immaculately presented.

The property also incorporates a useful service yard area to the rear with separate access for deliveries, together with a well maintained and furnished decked public beer garden and smoking area.

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