FREEHOLD LICENSED CONVENIENCE STORE & POST OFFICE WITH TWO PRIVATE APARTMENTS IN LANCASHIRE

Fitted to acceptable trade standards throughout, though in need of a degree of modernisation and upgrading, a factor which is reflected in the very competitive sale price, this substantial TWO STOREY double freehold character parade property provides highly functional internal business accommodation to the GROUND FLOOR, which briefly comprises an inviting public entrance into the main, bright, welcoming and deceptively spacious retail sales and customer service area with suspended ceiling and diffused fluorescent lighting. The main customer service area houses a full range of fixed and freestanding, purpose-built display racking, shelving and furniture, in addition to various glass-fronted and refrigerated display cabinets, an ice cream conservator, greetings cards carousel display units, a large dedicated off-licence section and a prominent, fully fitted point-of-sale counter with spirits, confectionery and sundry displays, tobacco gantry, electronic till point, weighing facilities and an adjoining open “combi” Post Office counter with 1 x computerised serving position and full complement of parcel weighing and credit card payment facilities. The main public area also affords easy open access through to a large adjoining dedicated hardware and home decorating supplies department. Further ancillary internal business accommodation to the ground floor consists of access to all the usual washrooms/WC facilities. The business premises also enjoy the added security benefit of a full Post Office approved alarm system and 8 camera'd security that live streams to accessories such as phones, laptop etc. Accessed by means of their own separate, self-contained entrances and staircases from ground-floor level, to the FIRST FLOOR the property features TWO smart and versatile apartments ideal for private, staff or letting purposes. Both apartments consist of a large open lounge with fully fitted integral domestic kitchen area housing ample work surfaces, storage units, fitted sink unit and a full range of appliances, together with one double bedroom and a fully fitted bathroom/WC. *It should be noted that both apartments are currently let on shorthold tenancy agreements to produce a useful combined supplementary rental income of £8,160 per annum. The property also enjoys the benefit of gas central heating and double glazing. Externally: To the front the business premises are well signed and presented and afford extensive and inviting, double-fronted display window space beneath eye-catching liveried canopies onto a busy village through road, with unrestricted customer parking available locally. The premises also enjoy the use of a service yard and off-road parking area to the rear with separate access for deliveries.

The subject property occupies an outstanding and highly visible trading position with little in the way of direct local competition in the popular and well populated village of Earby, which lies on the busy main A56 both to the nearby town of Colne (approximately 5 miles) and to the national motorway network (M65 junction 13) in a delightful semi-rural area in the Lancashire borough of Pendle and 8 miles from Skipton, the Yorkshire Dales.