First Floor Office Suites 1 & 3 - 50 Lowther Street, CARLISLE, Cumbria CA3 8DP

The property comprises two self-contained modern first-floor office accommodations with a shared entrance from Lowther Street, sitting above a parade of shops. Communal WC facilities are provided within the shared areas.

Suite 1 comprises a large open-plan floor area, with part of the space partitioned to form two smaller rooms overlooking Lowther Street. A generously sized kitchen and a separate storage room are located to the rear.

Suite 3 provides a generous floor plate, featuring a bright open-plan area with extensive window frontage, three private office/meeting rooms created by internal partitions, and a dedicated kitchen area.


Location

Carlisle is the predominant population and commercial centre for Cumbria and a large part of southwest Scotland, with a resident population of over 108,000 drawing on a wider catchment of over 380,000. The city is the principal administrative and retail centre for the area, drawing on the surrounding towns of Workington, Whitehaven and Dumfries. The city is the main retail centre for the area, the nearest competing commercial centres being Glasgow, 90 miles north; Newcastle, 60 miles east, and Preston, 90 miles south.

The property occupies a prominent position on Lowther Street, located directly opposite the Lanes Shopping Centre entrance. The highly visible location benefits from substantial daily pedestrian footfall. Lowther Street is a well established and popular thoroughfare within Carlisle town centre, featuring a mix of different occupiers in the surrounding area, including nail and beauty salons, hairdressers, independent restaurants, and the Stagecoach Cumbria bus stain.


Accommodation

This property has been measured on a Gross Internal Area basis and extends to the following approximate areas:

Terms

The accommodation is available TO LET by way of a new, effectively full repairing and insuring lease, for a term of years to be agreed.

Suite 1 at a rent of £5,950 per annum.
Suite 3 at a rent of £4,950 per annum.


Services

The property is connected to mains water, drainage, electricity and gas. Services have not been tested and interested parties should rely on their own investigations to confirm suitability.


Business Rates

The Valuation Office Agency website describes Suite 1 as offices and premises with a 2026 List Rateable Value of £7,500.  The Small Business Non-Domestic multiplier for the 2026/2027 rate year is 43.2p in the £. 

The Valuation Office Agency website describes Suite 3 as offices and premises with a 2026 List Rateable Value of £7,300.  The Small Business Non-Domestic multiplier for the 2026/2027 rate year is 43.2p in the £. 

*** 100% Business Rates Relief For Qualifying Occupiers ***


Planning

We understand the property holds planning permission under Use Class E but may be suitable for other uses subject to obtaining all necessary consents. Interested parties should contact the Local Authority for planning enquiries.


EPC

An EPC has been commissioned for both offices and will be made available shortly.


VAT

We understand VAT is payable on the rent.