The Gliderdrome, The Gliderdrome Bingo And Dance Hall, Spain Place, Boston, Lincolnshire

Location...
The historic port of Boston has a population of approximately 68,000 residents and is located 115 miles to the north of London, 35 miles to the south-east of Lincoln, 50 miles to the east of Nottingham and 30 miles to the west of King’s Lynn.
 
The town is intersected by the A16 and A52 trunk roads which pass the site on the dual carriageway, known as John Adams Way.
 
Boston has a large port, well regarded hospital, a strong retail offering and a local economy strongly connected with agricultural food production.
 
The site is located close to the town centre.
 
Immediately to the north is a 21,000sqft Matalan store and petrol filling station, immediately to the south is road frontage to a desirable residential area which extends around the return frontage on the eastern boundary.

Description…
Centrally located historic dance hall comprising entrance lobby, cloak rooms, storage, main hall, kitchen and bar area.
 
The main access to the Gliderdrome and dance hall is from the eastern side facing the car park and John Adams Way.
 
This leads into the main reception area and storage beyond.
 
To the south of the main reception area is the Starlight Room, a historic Grade II Listed, music venue frequented by World famous Music acts.
 
The Starlight Room is mainly open plan in space having an expansive bar area.  There is an extensive dance floor with a raised stage and to the rear of the stage are changing rooms and stage lighting area.

Accommodation…
Trading Area 1,068sqm, 11,000sqft
Ancillary Accommodation 260sqm, 2,800sqft
Gross Internal Floor Area 1,388sqm, 14,940sqft
Galleried Mezzanine 349sqm, 3,735sqft
Site Area 0.27 ha, 0.68 acres

Listing...
The Starlight Rooms which form part of the site are listed by Historic England Listing No. 1476037.
 
The listing can be summarised as a late era 1960’s dance hall with a revolving stage, gallery, balustrades, open tread stairs and fixed seating, an extremely rare survival of the 1960’s dance hall.
 
The Gliderdrome and famous Starlight Room have hosted famous acts such as the Ike and Tina Turner Show, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Status Quo, Manfred Mann, The Who, Billy Fury, Elton John, The Yard Bells, The Small Faces, T Rex, Tom Jones to name others.
 
Agents Note…
The purchaser will be required to agree partitioning works from the remainder of the site with the current owners. Please enquire for more details.

Tenure...
The property is available Freehold with Vacant Possession with conditional and unconditional offers being considered.
 
EPC...
Energy Performance Certification will be available on request where required.
 
Viewing...
All viewings are to be made by appointment through the agent.