Property Details

The Legion Club Hall is located to the rear of the Club and connected to it via a single storey extension. Access will be from Castle Lane to the rear only, although an emergency exit will be allowed at first floor level over the flat roof area. It is located in a quiet part of the town, just away from the main business area, but with a high pedestrian flow passing the door. The street outside is narrow making vehicular access somewhat limited. We understand that there may have once been a window alongside the existing door and that it may be possible to replace this, subject to any planning consents that are necessary. Castle Lane provides a link from the main car park to the town centre and market square, which is normally a hive of activity, particularly on market day. The premises offers two floors of spacious accommodation with about 900 sq.ft per floor, suitable for a variety of purposes, subject to obtaining the necessary consents.

Hay-on-Wye is an attractive market town located on the England/Wales border, famous for its second hand bookshops and annual literary festival. The town has a good range of facilities including a nine hole golf course, supermarket, primary school, post office, doctors and dental surgeries, etc. The larger regional centres of Hereford (20 miles) and Brecon (16 miles away) offer a wider range of social, shopping and leisure facilities. The countryside surrounding is well known for its natural beauty and its abundance of birds, plants and other wildlife.

The property comprises the following accommodation (measurements are provided for identification only):

ENTRANCE LOBBY - 13'1" (4.0m) x 4'5" (1.35m) widening to 7'5" (2.25m)

FUNCTIONS ROOM - 42'8" x 20'2" max (13m x 6.15m max)

FIRST FLOOR - via staircase from near the entrance lobby with small landing area and:

FUNCTIONS ROOM - 30'2" x 20'2" (9.2m x 6.15m)

COMMITTEE ROOM - 21'10" x 13'5" (6.65m x 4.1m)
with central heating boiler, gas meter, various cupboards.

OUTSIDE
The property has no curtilage outside its current boundaries. The purchaser will be required to seal off the doorway into the British Legion Club at a specification to be provided. There will however be a right of fire escape granted from the first floor French windows over the flat roof area, which lies between the British Legion club premises and the function room.

PLANNING MATTERS
The property has been used as a function room, committee room and storage associated with the Royal British Legion club. It has direct access onto Castle Lane with a window and door on the ground floor and three windows on the first floor. The property is outside the protected retail core of the town. Enquiries to Brecon Beacons National Park – 01874 624437. We understand that the current likely use class is Sui Generis – This means that it has a designation for its existing use only (a use of its own) and that alternate uses would need planning permission.

SERVICES
Arrangements for the electrical connections and a new water supply will have to be made by the purchaser. Both, which currently connect through the British Legion club will be disconnected and the purchasers will have to make their own arrangements. Gas connected, with a gas meter in the committee room upstairs. Independent gas boiler. No separate drainage system currently connected – purchasers to make their own connection. Searches show the mains water and drainage are located in Castle Lane outside the door of the property.

TENURE
Freehold with immediate vacant possession.

BUILDING WORKS
The purchaser will be required to construct a cavity wall to seal off the two premises from each other within three months of the date of completion. The purchaser will also be required to carry out any other works to connect to the services, etc at their own expense.

VIEWING
By appointment through selling agents – McCartneys LLP. Contact Tel: 01497 820778
Out of office hours contact Ryan Williams on 07971 289368 or Richard Williams on 07900 255602.

Sketch plan for illustrative purposes only, not to scale. All measurements and distances are approximate. The normal enquiries carried out by a purchaser’s Solicitor and the type of inspection undertaken by a purchaser’s Surveyor have not been carried out by the Selling Agents for the purpose of preparation of these particulars.

Messrs McCartneys LLP for themselves and for the vendors or lessors of this property whose agents they are give notice that: the particulars are produced in good faith, are set out as a general guide only and do not constitute any part of a contract; no person in the employment of McCartneys LLP has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property.
MCCARTNEYS LLP REGISTERED OFFICE: The Ox Pasture, Overton Road, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 4AA. REGISTERED NO: OC310186

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