The Sun Inn, Market Street, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2AU

An imposing 2/3 storey 17th Century Grade II Listed former coaching inn of white wash rendered stone elevations.

The Sun Inn is ideally located within the historic market town of Kirkby Lonsdale. The location is uniquely placed for access to both the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, Forest of Bowland and picturesque Lunesdale valley. The National Parks of the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales have been extended and now completely surround Kirkby Lonsdale, which incorporates Devil’s Bridge, a local beauty spot.

Kirkby Lonsdale is most easily accessible from the A65, some five miles south east of junction 36 of the M6 motorway.

Entrance porch reception, lounge and public bar (30), good sized wooden bar servery to one wall, two cast iron wood burning stoves set in stone fireplaces, beamed ceilings, archway through to formal dining restaurant (42 covers current configuration), free standing tables and chairs,
fixed leather seating, exposed stone and wooden panelled walls.

Ancillary areas: comprehensively equipped trade kitchen and adjacent food preparation area, refrigerated storage room and cellar, customer toilets, separate disabled person’s toilet, boiler room and store.

Ancillary areas: two offices, staff shower room and toilet, and boiler room located on the first floor.

All fixtures and fittings are to be included within the sale. However any items that are owned by any third parties, or personal to our clients, will be exempt.

During the course of their 10 years, the current owners have consistently reinvested in the business to maintain its excellent reputation to include;

• Five refurbished guest rooms in recent years with two more scheduled for this winter.

• Exterior renovation and replacement of a soak away drain, tanked the restaurant wall and tiled the floor.

• Bar and restaurant improvements to create a more relaxed dining environment.

• New digital infrastructure to improve connectivity and in room entertainment.

• New EPOS, website, PMS with further improvements being undertaken at the present time.

There are 11 luxuriously appointed en suite letting bedrooms configured as four deluxe suites, two superior suites and five standard rooms.

The business has been owned and operated by our client for the best part of 10 years, and is being offered for sale due to retirement.

For details on business trading style, tariffs, and menus, please see the business' dedicated website: The Sun Inn

The business is run by the present owner-occupiers with a full complement of front of house and kitchen staff including bar and kitchen managers, alongside the normal seasonal part-time staff.

Management accounts for the last 12 months show a net turnover of £858,672, producing a gross profit margin of 78%.

Freehold. The business has two entities - The property is owned by the vendor's SSAS and the Business is held as a limited company.

The Rateable Value is £39,250 with effect from April 2023. Confirmation of actual business rates payable should be obtained from the local authority.

Premises licence.