Investment for sale

Thame is an affluent market town and civil parish situated in the Thames Valley approximately 10 miles south west of Aylesbury and 13 miles east of Oxford. The town has a population of around 12,000 and provides local retail services to the surrounding area. Thame is well served with the A329, A418, A4129 and a number of B-roads providing local connections, whilst Junction 8A of the M40 motorway, situated four miles to the west, provides access towards Birmingham, Oxford and London. Haddenham & Thame Train Station which is served by Chiltern Railways services is located around a mile to the north-east of the town.

The property lies on the northern edge of the retail town centre the heart of which is centred on Cornmarket approximately a quarter of a mile to the south east. The subject property is situated on the southern side of the B4445 High Street between the junctions with Brook Lane and Southern Road. The surrounding properties comprise predominantly period buildings, many of which are in residential use, together with some peripheral commercial uses. Occupiers within the town include WAITROSE, BOOTS, CLINTON CARDS, CREW CLOTHING, FAT FACE, LLOYDS, SAINSBURY’S, COSTA COFFEE, and PREZZO as well as numerous high quality independent shops, pubs and restaurants.

The property comprises a Grade II listed public house formed from a number of interconnecting period cottage buildings dating from the 16th and 17th Century and later additions. The ‘L-shaped’ two storey period buildings are of varying construction with areas of timber framing, some with close studding and rendered infill; painted coursed stone rubble with brick dressings to ground floor. Above, there is a pitched thatch roof to the centre and western end of the old buildings and pitched plain-tile roof to the eastern end with a dormer window to the front. To the western end there is a later two storey extension of brick construction under a pitched tiled roof with dormer window to the front whilst to the rear there are modern single storey extension of similar construction under a flat roof. To the rear is a paved garden area which provides additional seating in the summer months. There is also a car parking area providing space for around 12 vehicles.