FREEHOLD NEWSAGENT & STORE - 3 STOREY WITH LIVING ACCOMMODATION IN ACCRINGTON

These well fitted and maintained THREE-STOREY freehold terraced parade premises provide excellent and highly functional internal business accommodation to the GROUND FLOOR, which briefly comprises an inviting and fully glazed, single-fronted public entrance directly off Whalley Road into the main, bright, welcoming and deceptively spacious, open-plan retail sales and customer service area with suspended ceiling, diffused fluorescent lighting and mixed carpeted and industrial non-slip flooring throughout. The main customer service area houses a full range of well maintained, fixed and freestanding, purpose-built display furniture and shelving, in addition to extensive periodical and greetings cards racking, 3 x large, glass-fronted and refrigerated soft drinks display units, an ice cream conservator and a prominent, fully fitted point-of-sale counter area with confectionery and sundry displays, tobacco gantry, electronic till point, National Lottery terminal and full complement of electronic Paypoint and mobile phone top-up facilities. Further ancillary accommodation to the ground floor consists of a fitted shop kitchen area, together with a large general dry goods store with separate doorway access to the rear. To the FIRST FLOOR a landing area affords access to further ancillary accommodation, which we understand would afford excellent potential for conversion to private owners’ accommodation and currently consists of 2 x good-sized rooms, together with a fully fitted bathroom/WC. The first-floor premises also afford access to a large open ATTIC SPACE with further conversion potential at second-floor level. The property also enjoys the benefit of electric heating, in addition to the added security benefits of CCTV monitoring and a full alarm system. Externally: To the front the business premises are well signed and presented and afford ample and inviting display window space onto a high footfall commercial thoroughfare, with unrestricted customer parking available locally. The property also incorporates a useful enclosed private service yard area to the rear with separate access for deliveries.

The subject property occupies an outstanding and highly visible trading position among other independent operators in the vibrant and densely populated satellite town of Accrington, which lies with excellent access both to major road and motorway links (A680, A679, A56 and M65 junction 7 etc.) and to the nearby centres of Blackburn (approximately 4 miles) Burnley (approximately 6 miles) Preston (approximately 13 miles) and Manchester (approximately 20 miles) in the Hyndburn Borough of Lancashire.