Ulverston Parish Centre, Church Walk, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7EN

LOCATION

Ulverston Parish Centre is situated on Church Walk, a short distance to the northeast of Ulverston town centre, which is in the southwest of Cumbria and North West England. Ulverston has a population of 11,678 (2011 Census) and is a popular market town offering a wide range of local retail and leisure services as well as Booths and Aldi Supermarkets and Marks and Spencer Food. There is a railway station on the Furness Line primarily operated by TransPennine Express from Barrow-in-Furness to Manchester Airport and also by Northern Rail Services to Lancaster. Barrow-in-Furness is around 11 miles to the southwest and Junction 36 of the M6 is 25 miles to the east.

Church Walk is accessed from Fountain Street and Ulverston town centre, circa 300 metres to the southwest. The land and property are developed on the southern side of Church Walk at its eastern end before it turns north, between the junction of Sea View and Ulverston Parish Church and adjacent to Church Walk CE Primary School.

The immediate surrounding area is mixed community use with the wider area being residential and the town centre is less than a five-minute walk. Ford Park, which is a popular recreational area is circa 300 metres to the east and from there, there are a number of routes up to The Hoad, a local landmark tower, also known as The Sir John Barrow Monument, which is a further 500 metre climb.


DESCRIPTION

The property comprises a parish centre that will have originally been predominantly single-storey, now having a mezzanine floor created as an extension to gallery seating as well as having a basement at the rear of the premises. The main entrance is from Church Walk with double central timber doors reached from stone steps up and there are two side entrances from Tarn Side and a concrete ramp.

Originally constructed in 1854 as a school, the property is built in stone that is rendered and pebble dashed on three elevations, underneath a number of multi-pitched tile roof coverings and adjoins two residential dwellings on the eastern side. Internally, at ground floor there are three main meeting rooms, a kitchen, two sets of male and female WCs, a disabled WC, boiler room and separate stairs to the mezzanine and basement.

At ground floor, the front double doors from Church Walk open up to an inner hallway with further doors to an atrium providing access to two meeting rooms, male and female WCs, a disabled WC, kitchen and corridor round to a boiler room, further WCs and a classroom.

The meeting rooms have carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling, strip fluorescent lighting, wall mounted radiators and built-in cupboards and the classroom has carpeted flooring, part plaster painted/woodchip wallpapered walls, mono-pitch ceiling with exposed timber trusses, strip fluorescent lighting, UPVC double glazed windows, wall mounted radiators and sink unit.

The kitchen is fitted out with carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling, strip fluorescent lighting, timber framed single glazed windows, wall and floor mounted units, fixed shelving and 3 No. stainless steel sink/wash basins.

Dual staircases at the front of the building provide access to the mezzanine which is an open plan room with gallery seating to the rear, a further kitchen and a side lobby with stairs and a chairlift down to a double door entrance from Tarn Side. The kitchen has carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling, strip fluorescent lighting, timber framed single glazed windows, floor mounted units, stainless steel sink and drainer and wall mounted radiator.

Stone steps from the southwest corner of the building and adjacent to the secondary access from Tarn Side lead down to a single room that has solid concrete flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling, exposed cross timber beams, a mix of strip fluorescent and spotlighting, window reveals to the rear with solid block glazing, wall mounted electric storage heaters, worktop bench with stainless steel sink, drainer and electric hot water boiler.

Externally, the side access ramp is formed in concrete with a steel rail and there is an enclosed garden with block paving, bounded by a concrete wall, rendered and pebble dashed.


ACCOMMODATION

The property has been measured on a gross internal area basis as follows:

Basement 84.56m2 (910 sq ft)

Ground Floor 260.24m2 (2,801 sq ft)

Mezzanine 175.70m2 (1,891 sq ft)

Total Approximate Gross Internal Area 520.50m2 (5,603 sq ft)

Site Area 0.048 hectares (0.120 acres)

SERVICES

The property is connected to mains electricity, gas, water and the mains drainage/sewage system.

Heating and hot water are predominantly from a floor mounted gas-fired boiler that feeds perimeter radiators in most areas of the premises although the basement has electric heaters and some of the WCs have hot water supplied from electric boilers.

The services have not been tested and therefore should not relied upon.


ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE

The property has an Energy Efficiency Rating of E117

A copy of the certificate is available to download from the Edwin Thompson website or upon request.


TENURE

The land and property are held freehold title of the whole and will be sold with full vacant possession.


MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION

Edwin Thompson is bound to comply with Anti-Money Laundering legislation including obtaining evidence of the identity and proof of address of potential buyers. Prior to an offer being accepted, interested parties will need to provide the requested evidence.


EASEMENTS, WAYLEAVES AND RIGHTS OF WAY

The land and property are sold subject to and with the benefit of all public and private rights of way, lights, drainage, cable, pylons or other easements, restrictions or obligations whether or not the same are described in these particulars of sale.



PROPOSAL

Offers invited with a guide price of £225,000. The sellers reserve the right not to sell and are not bound to accept the highest or any offer received.


VAT

It is advised that the land and property are not elected for VAT and therefore it is assumed that the sale will not attract VAT.


METHOD OF SALE

The site is offered for sale as a whole with vacant possession by private treaty. The sellers reserve the right to sell privately and are not bound to accept the highest or any offer received.


LEGAL COSTS

Each party to bear their own legal costs in the preparation and settlement of the sale documentation together with any VAT thereon.


VIEWING

The property is available to view strictly by appointment with Edwin Thompson, contact:

John Haley or Ellie Oakley


IMPORTANT NOTICE

Edwin Thompson for themselves and for the Vendor/Landlord of this property, whose Agents they are, give notice that:
1. The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, any offer or contract.
2. All descriptions, dimensions, plans, reference to condition and necessary conditions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness.
3. No person in the employment of Edwin Thompson has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property or these particulars, nor to enter into any contract relating to the property on behalf of the Agents, nor into any contract on behalf of the Vendor.
4. No responsibility can be accepted for loss or expense incurred in viewing the property or in any other way in the event of the property being sold or withdrawn.
5. These particulars were prepared in July 2024.