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Property Overview

  • Size:
    Undisclosed
  • Usage:
    A3, A4
  • Sale Type:
    For Sale
  • Rental Income:
    N/A
  • Property Type:
    Other
  • Auction:
    No
  • Development Opportunity:
    Yes
  • Investment Opportunity:
    No
  • Tenanted:
    No
  • Energy Rating:
    N/A

General Summary

UNOPPOSED QUINTESSENTIAL YE OLDE SAXON VILLAGE INN REPUTED AMONGST 3 OLDEST IN ENGLAND WITH POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP OUTBUIDINGS AND EXISTING STRUCTURE TO RESIDENTIALS RETAINING THE HOSTELRY

AN IMPORTANT CHERISHED PROPERTY AND BUSINESS FULL OF HISTORY AND OPPORTUNITY AT £950,000 FREEHOLD TO INCLUDE FIXTURES AND FITTINGS, GOODWILL PLUS S.A.V.
Same owner 42 years – unhurried restricted sales with enormous potential
Circa 2 acres with residential development potential retaining hostelry
Well appointed 157c through period snugs, lounges, dining room open log fires exposed stone works
Steeped in history and folk law and of significant architectural importance, a tourist magnet
4,200 within local Borough – village just of main A6 (T)
Exceptionally spacious 7 large bedroom owners accomm + attached 4 bed home.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

What a customer said……
“Took our Daughter and her Husband there (they were on vacation from the USA, we had a lovely meal there and a pint (or two) the owners were brilliant toward all of us, they are friendly the pub itself is worth the visit on its own, so much history there. Would we go back.. Yes”

Renowned as one of three contenders as the Oldest Pub in England dating back almost 1,000 years to 1042 the general effect of the property, particularly now that the ironstone has weathered and mellowed is at once dignified and distinguished making this fine old hostelry one of Finedon’s most significant buildings of architectural and historic interest. As you would expect the property has been changed and added to over the centuries and in 1830 served as both a farmhouse and Inn. A stone bearing the date 1598 is set into one wall and without doubt there has been an Inn on or about this site since Saxon Times. Trading rooms has a capacity of 157c through a labyrinth of snug’s, lounges, dining rooms and public areas all with period atmosphere , log burning fires and exposed ironworks and reclaimed ships beams. CENTRAL BAR SERVERY houses a bank of real ale wickets along with bright ale pumps. BEER CELLAR set below ground and equipped with self tilting trawls. Ladies & Gents facilities are provided to the ground floor. CATERING KITCHEN and auxiliary areas are fully equipped

OWNERS ACCOMMODATION

The owners accommodation comprises of 7 large bedrooms above the Inn along with family bathroom. To the ground floor there is the private lounge and kitchen. A further 4 bedroomed property is attached to the main building.

EXTERNALS

To the rear there are 2 large car parks the upper of which could be used for a new residential build subject to PP’s. A double garage could be converted to a 2 bedroomed bungalow. There are grassed areas and a smokers shelter. By utilising the potential of the properties suited to residential use the value of the site could be recouped and the Inns purchase paid off.

PREMISES LICENSES

We are advised that the business has a Premises licence that allows opening of 11am through till 12pm all week with 1am on Thur,Fri,Sat. Our clients chose not to open during lunch periods or through the afternoons Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs leaving an obvious opportunity for utilising currently unused hours if so desired. A Personal License will be required and our training associates can assist with this for you.

TENURE

We are instructed to offer the property and business for sale as TOTALLY FREEHOLD

SERVICES

We are advised that the pub benefits from water ,sewage & electric connected and cooking & heating by Gas. Business rates payable of £ TBA p.a.

THE BUSINESS

The business has been owned by our client for 42 years and is looking forward to a well deserved retirement. Though the business currently “ticks over” at circa £2500 per week (less that 50% of available opening hours are used), it will become obvious to an operator that the potential of this business is enormous.

THIS BUSINESS “TICKS ALL THE BOX’S” AND MUST BE VIEWED TO FULLY APPRECIATE ITS FULL POTENTIAL.

Location

Within the pleasant rolling county of Northamptonshire (the county of squires and spires) lies the historic settlement of Finedon. Down an ancient lane is a hostelry steeped in history with a reputation for a warm and friendly atmosphere.

The first record of Finedon is that in the Doomsday Book of 1086 where Finedon is recorded as Tingdene and is in the ownership of Queen Edith, widowed wife of Edward the Confessor who came to the throne in 1042 and died in 1066. There is little doubt however that the village has Saxon Origins

If the first Inn bearing its name was erected in Finedon in 1042, it would almost certainly have been the usual Saxon structure of timber walls and a reed thatched roof. The walls were usually filled with clay or plaster. In the middle of the roof there would be a hole or vent which served as a chimney and as ventilation. Any windows would be high up and filled with open lattice work on tough linen. Such a place would be draughty and badly lit, and in winter, it would be heated by a fire upon a rough hearth of stones in the middle of the room. The Saxons were great eaters and drinkers. They had four meals a day and as many extra feasts as they could find excuses for. Thus one can imagine the rooms of the Inn ringing with laughter and jollity of these men of bygone days. The village can be found on the A510 just off the A6 with Burton Latimer to the North and Irthingborough to the South. The property is unmissable on Bell Hill

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