The Business Premises
Entrance Vestibule
With a flagstone floor and half-panelled walls, leading through to the Main Bar.
Main Bar
Currently laid for 52 customer seats at good quality tables and chairs, plus a further 10 or so covers at high bar stools. Tastefully presented with part flagstone, part herringbone and part stripped wooden floors, two impressive fireplaces each with a working wood-burning stove, half-panelled walls, part exposed stone walls, beamed ceilings and other character features.
Bar Servery
A panelled front servery with a full range of equipment including multiple back-bar refrigerators, non-slip flooring, a professional coffee machine and glass washer, serving both the Main Bar and the Locals Bar.
Locals Bar
Furnished to seat around 25 at casual bar seating. A room full of character with a flagstone floor, part exposed stone walls, subtle lighting and a further wood-burning stove creating a great ambience.
Beer Cellar & WCs
The beer cellar, serving the Main Bar and Locals Bar, plus ladies’ and gents’ customer WCs.
Catering Kitchen
Professionally fitted with a non-slip floor, plastic-clad and stainless steel clad walls, and professional extraction, with a full range of stainless steel equipment including a six-ring hob, commercial oven, gas griddle, deep fat fryer, commercial microwaves, refrigerated worksurfaces, a commercial dishwasher and a deep sink, plus a kitchen overflow with further refrigerated worksurfaces, stainless steel tables and a glass-fronted wine fridge.
Stairs to First Floor Landing
Access to the letting rooms and store/cleaning spaces, with a further staircase up to the second floor proprietor’s accommodation.
Letting Accommodation
Seven en-suite letting bedrooms on the first floor, each individually named after a tree (Pear, Plum, Ash, Elm, Fir, Oak and Yew). There are two twins, both with character Victorian fireplaces, and five doubles, including the large, beamed Yew room; Ash and Elm interconnect, making them ideal for families. Every room has an en-suite shower room and is extremely well presented, with high quality fixtures, a colour TV, writing desk and tea and coffee making facilities.
Private Accommodation
Owner’s Lounge / Kitchenette
A small kitchen area with a well-presented seating area and beamed ceilings.
Bedroom One & En-Suite Bathroom
A double bedroom with beamed ceilings and a panelled-bath en-suite.
Bedroom Two
A single bedroom with a Velux window and built-in wardrobes.
Office
With built-in wardrobes and two built-in desks, lit by Velux windows.
Bedroom Three
A large double bedroom with its own staircase access down to the first floor, built-in wardrobes, exposed beams and a Velux window.
Second Bathroom
With a panelled bath, pedestal wash basin and low-level flush WC.
Outside
Covered Trading Space
Accessed from the Main Bar, with a canvas ceiling, flagstone floors and exposed stone walls, seating around 30.
Trade Garden & Stores
A further lovely, beautifully presented area, partly covered, seating up to around 50, with heat lamps for year-round use, plus outside stores.
The Business
We are advised that current annual sales are circa £300,000 net of VAT. The Foresters is open and trading, generating a well-balanced turnover across bar, food and accommodation sales.
Lovingly upgraded by the current owners, who are retiring after 16 happy years, the property is in fine decorative condition throughout. It enjoys a loyal local following, boosted by tourists visiting Longleat, Bath and Wells, and by live sport, which is popular in the back bar.
Current opening hours
Monday to Thursday From 5pm
Friday From 3pm
Saturday From 12 noon
Sunday 12 noon – 8pm
This turnover is achieved on restricted hours: there is no lunchtime trade Monday to Friday, and the letting rooms are closed for five weeks a year while our clients holiday. A new owner could extend the opening hours and keep the rooms open all year, giving clear scope to grow the business.
Further detailed trading information can be provided to interested parties on request to the agent.
Tenure
The property is offered for sale Freehold at £625,000, to include the trade fixtures, fittings and goodwill, with stock taken at a separate valuation.
Rateable Value
Rateable Value: £26,100, effective from April 2026 (not necessarily the amount payable in business rates – interested parties should make their own enquiries).
