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The Sun Inn, Main Street, Dent, LA10 5QL

£525,000

Business rates & charges may apply

Christie & Co, Pubs & Restaurants
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Pub for sale

Key features

  • Iconic wet led Dales freehouse
  • Lounge, public bar & snug (80)
  • 4 traditional style letting bedrooms
  • Outdoor seating (60). Private parking (24)
  • 100% wet sales. C. 200 barrels per year
  • Retirement sale after 36 years. Energy Rating TBC
  • Christie & Co Ref: 5652028

Description

Description

A double fronted two storey mid terrace of colour rendered stone elevations beneath a predominantly tiled roof line, with both double and single storey trade and ancillary extensions to the rear.

The property has the benefit of a raised terrace seating area, detached outbuilding/double garage, and private parking for 24 vehicles.

Location

Prominently situated at the top of Dent's cobbled main street for more than 300 years, The Sun is the perfect base to explore the Yorkshire Dales, and Lake District National Park. Proudly traditional and unspoilt, The Sun offers many original features including coin studded beams and cosy open-grate fireplace without the distractions of televisions, jukebox, or fruit machines.

Internal Details

Entrance porch to:
Lounge bar (50), served by a centrally located wooden bar servery, original beamed ceiling, feature open-grate fireplace, fixed perimeter seating, free-standing tables & chairs.

Archway to:
Snug (20), beamed ceiling, fixed perimeter seating and stools.

Public bar (10), situated to the rear of the bar servery with darts board, free-standing tables & chairs.

Other Floors

Four traditionally styled and characterful guest bedrooms, tea/coffee making facilites, TV, and Wi-fi. Currently configured as double room with en suite, double room, family room, and twin room. Large bedroom/laundry room, office, shower room with separate wc, and eaves storage room.

Sub-floor cellar with beer drop.

Fixtures & Fittings

All fixtures and fittings are to be included within the sale however, any items that are owned by a third party or personal to our clients will be exempt.

Ancillary Areas

Trade kitchen (presently unused), food preparation area and wash room, dry goods store, ladies & gents wc.

External Details

Single storey brick outbuilding and plant room, single storey detached outbuilding/double garage, large outdoor seating area with A-line tables (60), private parking for 24 vehicles.

Staff

The business is currently run under management with 3 full-time staff.

Trading Information

Turnover to year end April 2020 is £259,775 (split 68% wet, 25% food, 8% accommodation).

Trading Hours

Monday to Tuesday: closed
Wednesday: 6pm - 11pm
Thursday & Friday: 2pm - 11pm
Saturday: 12pm - 11pm
Sunday: 12pm - 10.30pm

The Sun Inn does not presently offer food service, preferring to focus on local real cask ales from Kirkby Lonsdale and traditional guest beers. For further details on trading style, offers and tariffs, please see the business' dedicated website

Business Rates

The Rateable Value is £14,750 with effect from April 2023. Confirmation of actual business rates payable should be obtained from the local authority.

Regulatory

Premises licence.

Energy Performance Certificates

EPC 1

Brochures

The Sun Inn, Main Street, Dent, LA10 5QL

NEAREST STATIONS

Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode
  • Dent Station3.7 miles
  • Ribblehead Station6.2 miles

About Christie & Co, Pubs & Restaurants

Whitefriars House, 6 Carmelite Street, London, EC4Y 0BS

We’re the leading specialist advisor for buying and selling businesses in our sectors - hotels, pubs, restaurants, childcare, healthcare, convenience retail, leisure and medical.

If you’re looking to buy or sell a business in our specialist sectors – from a pharmacy in Sussex to a hotel in Austria – our expert advice and collaborative support will help you achieve your goals. You may be an independent first-time buyer or a multinational adding to your portfolio; either way, you’ll discover that our personalised service is focused on helping you achieve your ambitions.

Clients have access to our carefully managed network of potential buyers. This unique database of contacts has been continually developed by our advanced IT capabilities and benefits from both our years of experience developing our network and our wide geographical coverage.

Where we work

We employ the largest team of sector specialists in the UK and the largest group of hotel specialists in Europe, providing professional brokerage and advisory services from offices in major cities across Britain and Europe. And because we’ve been doing this for over 80 years, we know our sectors and local markets inside out. We work closely with our clients to guide and conclude transactions of any size, covering hotels, restaurants and pubs, leisure, forecourts and convenience retail businesses, social care and elderly care, childcare & education facilities, dental practices and pharmacies.

Our professional services

We offer unrivalled insight, experience and expertise across your choice of services, including brokerage, consultancy, finance, development, investment, surveying, rent reviews, dispute resolution, corporate valuation, and turnaround & recovery. These services are all underpinned by our in-depth market intelligence and leading-edge technology. And we’re accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), so you can trust in our professionalism.

What makes us tick

Businesses are about people, so relationships matter to us. We bring an integrity and transparency to business which can be all too rare – and that’s why people trust us. Our clients will attest to our genuine desire to help achieve their objectives, our attention to detail, and our tireless hard work on their behalf. We understand that buying a business can bring its own pressures and strains; needs can change, plans may need to be adjusted, and opportunities can come and go. But we’re always here, a constant, flexible and reliable force you can count on.

Our opening hours for all offices:

Mon – Fri, 9am – 5.30pm

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