Commercial property for sale in Bolton Road, Edgworth, Turton, Bolton BL7

For Sale by public auction on Monday 9th September 2024 at 6.30pm. The Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5BQ. Live online bidding available.

Description

The property comprises a detached Grade II Listed church building constructed in 1863 of traditional Lancashire gritstone, sandstone and granite under a pitched Welsh slate roof. The church also has a three stage tower topped with a spire to the left hand side (as facing) making it easily identifiable from a distance and sits within a substantial graveyard with memorial garden and well-maintained allotments to the rear. Within the demise there is also an outbuilding used as a store for the allotments of stone construction under a pitched asbestos roof.

The entire site is bounded by a wall of similar construction with sloped copings and shaped piers topped with a rail. A wrought iron gate provides pedestrian access into the demise.

The church was listed in 2022 with the principal reasons for the listing being “a good example of sensitive Gothic design, enhanced by extensive good quality organic and figurative carvings and a variety of mouldings and for its good quality fixtures, in particular, the arcaded pulpit and the two triple windows by Henry Holiday”. The listing also includes the boundary wall fronting Bolton Road, gates and piers.

The property is approached via a steep hill and the graveyard follows the slope downwards to the south-eastern boundary. It is set back from Bolton Road although access is directly from the pavement through double wrought iron pedestrian gates onto a paved path, which has three steps followed by an upward slope to several more steps in front of the main entrance. There is a secondary pedestrian entrance around the corner on Haworth Street, which is flat and accessible for disabled visitors.

Double wooden doors lead into a lobby area with toilet either side (one being for the disabled) and door through to an inner hallway providing access right into the kitchen, toilets and door through to stairs leading to a mezzanine floor. To the left, a door leads into a store room which has access into the tower with stairs also to the mezzanine floor. The mezzanine floor is one large open plan space with a decorated balcony front. The tower can be accessed externally as well.

The inner hallway also has doors into the main church which is an open-plan area with the altar being within the three-sided apse. To the left there is access to the vestry which is built out to the side and wraps around the rear of the building. Externally to the rear of the vestry, there are steps providing access into a cellar.

The church has a mixture of tiled, lino and carpet floor coverings with the internal walls being mainly painted and the ceiling of the main church and mezzanine being rib vaulted timber. Many of the windows are triple lancet style with some stained glass.

Location

The property is located on Bolton Road, midway between Edgworth and Turton Bottoms, approximately 7 miles north-east of Bolton Town Centre. Edgworth is a picturesque village within the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire and had a population of 2321 as at Census 2011.

Bolton Road is a minor road through open countryside from the B6391 at Turton Bottoms. From here a number of minor roads provide links south to the A58 which runs in an east-west direction through Bolton Town Centre and also to the A666 at Cadshaw offering a link northwards from Bolton to the M65 Motorway at Junction 4 approximately 2 miles south of Blackburn Town Centre.

Edgworth village has a village store and off licence, a café and butchers, a village pharmacy and a couple of public houses. It is a popular area for walkers and is in close proximity to the Witton Weavers Way and Wayoh Reservoir.

Bolton has a population of over 139,000 and the Town Centre offers major retail and leisure facilities including all the national supermarkets, several shopping centres, museum and aquarium, out-of-town retail parks etc.

The property itself is within the Conservation Area and occupies a large corner plot on Bolton Road, opposite traditional Lancashire Grit Stone terraced houses, although there is a public house opposite and a primary school to the rear.

Accommodation

Entrance Lobby 75 sq.ft (6.96 sq.m)
Toilet 68 sq.ft (6.31 sq.m)
Disabled Toilet 30 sq.ft (2.78 sq.m)
Inner Hallway 175 sq.ft (16.25 sq.m)
Kitchen 80 sq.ft (7.43 sq.m)
Toilet 62 sq.ft (5.75 sq.m)
Stairwell to Mezzanine 24 sq.ft (2.23 sq.m)
Store Room 245 sq.ft (22.75 sq.m)
Tower Stairwell to Mezzanine 84 sq.ft (7.80 sq.m)
Main Church 1,636 sq.ft (151.98 sq.m)
Store 24 sq.ft (2.22 sq.m)
Vestry 325 sq.ft (30.19 sq.m)

First Floor Mezzanine 861 sq.ft (79.98 sq.m)
Tower Mezzanine 64 sq.ft (5.94 sq.m)
Cellar 344 sq.ft (31.95 sq.m)
Outbuilding (Allotment Store) 185 sq.ft (17.18 sq.m)
total floor area 4,282 sq.ft (397.71 sq.m)

We have used an internet mapping service to measure the total site and this amounts to 902.09 sq.m. (0.22 acres).

Services

We understand that the building has all mains services connected. The property has gas central heating radiators and the boiler is located in the store room to the left of the inner hallway.

None of the services have been individually inspected or tested and therefore advice from an appropriately qualified engineer should be sought to confirm that such services are in satisfactory condition. Unless otherwise stated, we have assumed that all services are in working order and free from defect.

Planning

Bjb recommend that potential occupiers make their own enquiries to the local authority in order to satisfy themselves that their proposed use is authorised in planning terms.

Proof Of Identity

To comply with Money Laundering Regulations, on acceptance of an offer for purchase or letting, the buyer or prospective tenant will be required to provide identification to Butters John Bee.

Common Auction Conditions

This property is sold subject to our Common Auction Conditions (a copy is available on request).

Buyers Administration Fee

A buyers administration fee of £1,000 plus VAT is applicable to this lot. The purchaser will pay the fee whether the property is bought before, at or following the auction date.

Legal Pack

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Auction Viewing

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Internet, Telephone & Proxy Bidding

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