Retail premises to let in Clayport Street, Alnwick NE66
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Property description
•Busy historical town centre location
•Attractive building
•Suitable for a variety of commercial uses
•Well fitted accommodation
•Rent £5,500 per annum
Location
Alnwick is an important market town situated just off the A1 Trunk road, some 34 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne. The town has a busy centre deriving trade from the wide local catchment and a vibrant year round tourist trade with visitors drawn by Alnwick Castle, which has increased in popularity due to films such as Harry Potter being shot here, and The Alnwick Garden. Alnwick is also a popular centre for visitors to the Northumberland coast and inland attractions. There is an important rail link with Alnmouth Station, some three miles to the east of Alnwick being a stop on the main London to Edinburgh mainline railway.
The property occupies a prominent and slightly elevated position at the corner of Clayport Street and Fenkle Street in Alnwick town centre. The property lies approximately 200 yards west of the prime retailing pitch on Bondgate Within. A strong pedestrian flow past the property is generated by the town’s bus station, situated 75 yards to the south-west and Morrisons supermarket just to the north-west.
A number of national multiple retailers including Trespass, Boots, Greggs, Card Factory and Yorkshire Trading, are located nearby, with a large number of independent traders operating throughout the town centre area.
A traditional market operates in the town on Fridays and Saturdays. There is a good provision of free but time restricted on street parking close to the property on the south side of Clayport Street/Market Street and on Fenkle Street, with further parking available off Greenwell Road a short walk away.
Description
The property comprises the two upper floors of an attractive, late 18th/early 19th Century commercial building. The ground floor shop below fronts Fenkle Street. Access to the upper floors is from Clayport Street.
The accommodation, which has traded as a specialist hairdressers, is fitted out to a good standard, benefitting from painted and plastered walls and ceilings, with wood effect laminate flooring.
Lighting is provided by mainly spotlights on tracks, with a decorative feature lighting unit to the principal room to the first floor. There are curtains to the first floor and roller blinds to the second floor windows.
The first floor provides a main salon with a room off, offering staff/storage/preparation space. There is also a w.c. With wash basin for staff and customer use on the first floor. The second floor is arranged to provide three treatment rooms.
Accommodation
We have measured the property as providing the following net internal areas:
First floor22.50 sq m (242 sq ft)
Second Floor23.27 sq m(251 sq ft)
Total45.77 sq m (493 sq ft)
terms
The property is available to let on a new effectively full repairing and insuring lease for a term of multiples of three years, with three yearly rent reviews. The rent will be exclusive of business rates and payable monthly in advance. The landlord operates a service charge to recover a proportion of the costs of repairing the exterior of the building.
Outgoings
We understand the property is entered into the current Rating list with a rateable value of £2,350.
It is envisaged that most occupiers will benefit from Small Business Rates Relief.
Interested parties should make enquiries direct with the Local Authority to establish the current business rates payable.
VAT
The property is not registered for VAT and therefore VAT will not be payable on the rent.
Legal costs
Each party is to bear their own legal costs.
Viewing
Strictly by appointment with YoungsRPS
Property info
* Sizes listed are approximate. Please contact the agent to confirm actual size.
For more information about this property, please contact
YoungsRPS, NE1 on +44 191 563 0289 * (local rate)
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