• SEAWARD FACING FREEHOLD PROPERTY SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL REFURBISHMENT
Price:
Freehold - £550,000
Location:
Cornwall, St Ives
Business Type:
Retail businesses
• CURRENTLY TRADING AS A GALLERY (ALTERNATIVE USE POSSIBLE)
• CIRCA 2,300 SQ FT AROUND INNER COURTYARD
• HIGH FOOTFALL, CLOSE TO TOWN CENTRE
We understand the property was formerly a pilchard press, which would have been a hive of activity for local workers extracting valuable oils and making good their fishing gear. The premises, whilst having been lovingly restored to an extremely high standard to reflect the artwork, have many character features such as exposed and varied timber ceiling beams, granite posts and some exposed stone walls, which have been fused with modern steels to enhance the establishment. We are advised the building has full disabled access.
We understand our clients have had the premises for the past circa 7 years, during which time they have painstakingly refurbished the premises to provide a quite remarkable gallery space entered around an inner cobbled courtyard, thus providing 4 distinct gallery areas and a natural flow. The premises are currently being utilised as a gallery, however, we understand that our clients will be prepared to consider a sale of the premises for alternative use. Notwithstanding that, the gallery has an extremely fine array of local and international artists and has a wide range of exhibitions and shows. The business is currently run by our clients with some other part time assistants and trades all year round coupled with reduced hours in the winter months.
Westcotts Gallery is situated in The Warren area of St Ives, an attractive part of the town which enjoys high levels of footfall, connecting people from the principal car park and train station to the town centre. St Ives requires little introduction as one of the county’s foremost towns in which to both live and work and is extremely popular with visitors who enjoy the charms of the town which is famous for its artistic prominence. St Ives is synonymous with such names as Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Alfred Wallis and more laterally more modern artists such as Terry Frost and Sandra Blow.
St Ives is a bustling seaside town with a number of beaches within the area, winding streets with a number of niche retailers, restaurants and public buildings such as the Guild Hall and the St Ives Tate.
In terms of amenities, within close proximity are the national retailers/supermarket, bus and rail links, primary and secondary education.
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