The Clockworks, Four Wantz Corner, Fyfield Road, Ongar, Essex

The property comprises a steel portal frame building which is used for industrial and retail purposes. It was originally constructed in the 1960s as a garage then from c 1981 was used as a warehouse and auction sale room with the current occupiers taking over 18 years ago.

This is an unusually prominent, standalone, roadside industrial property with a frontage to Fyfield Road of 39m. As such it has the potential to be re-purposed for alternative uses. Interested parties are advised to make their own planning enquiries.

The property occupies a site of 0.34 acres and has longer term development potential, subject to planning. In this context Persimmon Homes are in the process of completing the development of 129 new homes at De Lucy Place on a former agricultural / scrubland site 50m to the east of the property.

The original building was extended to both the west and the south in about 2000 and the roof has been replaced with insulated profiled metal sheet panels. The building has aluminium framed double glazed windows at ground and first floor levels. There is gas-fired ducted and central heating to the production area and offices

There are two main pedestrian entrances, one on the west elevation which serves the principal industrial space and one on the south elevation which serves the showroom space.

There are further pedestrian doors from the yard area together with a loading door and a first floor level loading platform.

An 200kg capacity hydraulic lift serves the main industrial space.

Aside from the double height showroom space the clear heights are 2.2 - 2.5m at ground floor and 1.9 - 3.4m at first floor.

The property is currently occupied but will be sold or let with vacant possession on completion.

Accommodation:
First floor main workshop / storage 424.66 sq.m. / 4570 sq.ft.
Ground floor workshop / office 442.87 sq.m. / 4767 sq.ft.
First floor showroom 133.50 sq.m. / 1436 sq.ft.
Ground floor showroom 147.72 sq.m. / 1590 sq.ft. (An area measuring 3.8 x 11m within this space is double height)

Location:
The property is situated on the east side of Fyfield Road (B184), 40m to the north of the roundabout intersection with the A414, 5.5 miles east of Epping and 10 miles west of Chelmsford.

Ongar is a well-regarded small market town where the principal land use is low density residential. It is within commuting distance of London but with the benefit of the Essex countryside on the doorstep. A Shell petrol station is situated to the south.

The location is well served for road connections with the M11 junction (27) of the M25 being 5.5 miles to the south-west. Local bus services serving Fyfield Road include the 46, 473, 493 and 436.

Stansted Airport is 12 miles to the north.