West Street, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN16

This Grade II listed stone and brick built premises comprises a number of offices and storage rooms on both ground and first floors with a meeting room, staff facilities and front and rear gardens with two car parks to form part of this 0.42 acre plot.
Suitable for offices, alternative uses including previous residential planning consent. Guide Price of £850,000 Freehold.

Location
The property is located along West Street which is in the heart of Kettering's Town Centre nearby the Royal Hotel and Restaurant Quarter of Town. West Street is accessed off Market Place.

The buildings are within the conservation area of the town.

Neighbours include Westfield House which is a care home facility and other residential cottages and flats on West Street.

Description
The property comprises two adjoining buildings known as Westbury House, with origins dating back to the 18th century and 10 West Street which are both two storey. Westbury House is Grade II listed. The construction is a mix of Ironstone and red brick protected mostly with a Collyweston / Welsh slated pitched roof. Some concrete interlocking tiles have been used on other parts of the buildings roofs.

Externally there are attractive established gardens to the front and rear of Westbury and 10 West Street benefits from some rear garden but also a hard surfaced car park to the front suitable for approximately 7 vehicles. In additon there is a parcel of adjoinjing land to the Northeast of 10 West Street which is 0.13 acres of hardstanding also used as a car park currently and let out to local occupiers under a license arrangement. This car park is also accessed off West Street. Many of the windows are timber built and of sash design.

Internally the buildings have retained some original period features such as arched recesses, marble fire surrounds and 18th Century staircase in Westbury and tiled floors. Some of the rooms have been left in poor decorative order and those are either redundnant or used for archive storage with many of the habitable offices being of basic decor with strip lighting and radiators for gas central heating and carpeted floors. An attractive board room has nice features with high ceilings, fire place and a bay window.

There is some additonal attic and basement space also within the main buildings and outbuildings located inside the 10 West Street Car park.

Alternative Uses
The property is currently used as offices but alternative uses would be considered by the local authority subject to planning permission which could include a part work part home alternative, leisure and community uses, residential uses to include hotels, bed and breakfasts, additonal care home space, residential dwellings, etc.

Planning
The following planning history is set out below:

KET/2014/0059 - Internal and external alterations as detailed on the submitted
plans associated with the conversion of nos 10 and 12 West Street to 6 no. dwellings
– Approved February 2015

KET/2014/0051 - Conversion of nos.10 and 12 West Street into 6 no. dwellings.
Erection 4 no. dwellings – Approved February 2015

KET/2017/0968 - Variation of condition 2 of KET/2014/0051 in respect of materials
– Approved January 2018

Accommodation
The property has been measured to the following net internal areas:

Basement - 71 sq. ft. (6.64 sq. m.)
Ground Floor - 1,354 sq. ft. (125.79 sq. m.) excluding external stores of 384 sq. ft. (35.67 sq. m.).
First Floor - 1,455 sq. ft. (135.17 sq. m.) excluding external stores of 507sq. ft. (47.10 sq. m.).
Attic - 302 sq. ft. (28.06 sq. m.).

Total - 3,182 sq. ft. (295.66 sq. m.) excluding external stores of 891 sq. ft. (82.77 sq. m.).

Business Rates
The property has the following business rate assessments:

- Westbury, West Street - £21,750
- Lamb and Holmes, West Street - £21,500

Interested parties should check the amounts payable via the local authority.

Freehold and Title Numbers
The freehold is available to include title numbers NN175865 and NN175866.

Asking Price
The property is available with vacant possession at a Guide Price of £850,000.

VAT
We understand that VAT is not applicable to the sale.

Legal Costs
Each party is to bear their own legal and professional fees.

Energy Performance Certificate
Westbury House is a listed building and is exempt from obtaining an EPC.

Lamb and Holmes has an EPC rating of 'E' (100).

Services
The property is connected to mains, water, drainage, gas and electric. The services have not been tested by the agent.