StJohnsChurchMid Street, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48

Property
Long established church, hall and meeting room situated within the popular town of Bathgate. The property comprises:

Main church sanctuary, vestry, session room, kitchen, hall, store room and various WC facilities.
Please note consideration will be given to offers to purchase the Church, Manse and Tryst Hall as one lot, or as two separate lots.

Area
Church & Hall - 564.18sq m, 6,073sq ft
Gallery Seating - 77.35sq m, 833sq ft

Services
The property is connected to mains supply of water, gas and electricity. Drainage is connected into the main public sewer. The main church and hall have gas fired central heating system whilst the rear meeting room has electric panel radiators. If the buildings are sold separately please note that the gas supply will need to be separated as there is currently only one gas supply meter serving both the Church and the manse.

Planning
The buildings could be used, without the necessity of obtaining change of use consent, as a crèche, day nursery, day centre, educational establishment, museum, art gallery or public library. It also has potential for a variety of other uses, such as a theatre, cinema or entertainment venue, retail space or community resource subject to obtaining appropriate consents. Conversion to residential accommodation would also be possible, again subject to the usual consents.
Access to the church is via a shared drive with St Johns manse which is also for sale. Responsibility for upkeep will be shared. There is potential to create a separate access to the manse from Church Place in future, as this ground belongs to the Church.

Rateable Value
Church - £8,800

EPC
Rating C

Local Area
Bathgate is a popular town situated in West Lothian. The town has a full range of shops, supermarkets, financial services, bars, restaurants, primary and secondary schooling and facilities including a leisure centre. Livingston's Almondvale Shopping Centre and Designer Outlet are approximately 6 miles away and is just a short drive away by car and has easy access to the M8 and M9 motorway networks which ensures swift travel times throughout the Central Belt and beyond. The train station in Bathgate also provides frequent links to both Glasgow and Edinburgh.