Retail/Shop To Let Faringdon
PROPERTY ID: 132074
PROPERTY TYPE
Retail/Shop
STATUS
Available
SIZE
1,701 sq.ft
Key Features
Property Details
Arranged over four floors, Use Class E Commercial, Business & Service* premises, with a gross internal area totalling approximately 158sq.m/1,701sq.ft. situated in a prominent position in Faringdon town centre. *Which allows for a variety of re-purposing uses without planning consent but possibly most suited to its former use by it was last and for several years a licensed restaurant.                    
Location
Faringdon is a growing town located in affluent southwest Oxfordshire, immediately north of the A420 Oxford/Swindon road at its junction with the A417 for Wantage, approximately 9 miles north east of Swindon and 16 miles southwest of Oxford.   
The building is located on the northern side of Market Place in the middle of the town centre shopping area, to the right of Morrison‘s Daily/the Post Office. P0st code - SN7 7HU.
Accommodation (all dimensions approximate – some spaces are of irregular shape)
Ground floor – Initially 5.78m x 4.90m 28.32sq.m/305sq.ft leading to an inner lobby (2.92m x 1.89m) with stairs off and then two further spaces - 3.55m x 1.33m 4.72sq.m/51sq.ft (with a door off to the small yard) and 2.62m x 1.87m 4.90Sq.m/53sq.ft.
First floor (see photo above) – 5.59m x 5.15m 28.79sq.m/310sq.ft with two raised recesses off (2.66m x 1.44m and 2.34m x 1.34m) and steps off leading to the&hellip
Kitchen (in two parts, see photo overleaf) - 5.25m x 2.01m 10.55sq.m/114sq.ft and 3.52m x 1.33m 4.68sq.m/50sq.ft.
Second floor (see photo overleaf) – 4.06m x 2.41m 9.78sq.m/105sq.ft plus 3.31m x 2.77m/ 9.17sq.m/99sq.ft – I said it was quirky! - with an inner lobby off leading to a unisex WC.
Third floor – A landing area with storage and a bathroom with WC, door off to a further room 4.02m x 3.25m net 13.06sq.m/141sq.ft (allowing for partially restricted head height).
Price guide and terms
£1,416.66pcm/£17,000pa exclusive of any other tenant‘s outgoings, under a full repairing and insuring lease of negotiable length. A commercial tenancy application is required along with satisfactory references or provision of trading accounts at a processing fee of £120.00 incl. vat.
Business Rates
Rateable Value (RV) £5,000 (April 2023).
Small Business Rate Multiplier for 2024/25 is x 0.499 ( £2,495.00 payable) but, as the RV is below £12,000 Small Business Rate Relief should be claimable meaning £Nil payable. Please contact VWHDC directly for confirmation.
VAT
We understand that VAT is not payable in addition.
Utility services
All mains services are connected. Telephone/broadband services by the tenant‘s own subscription.
Energy Rating
B/49. Full details available on request.  
Local planning and rating authority
Vale of White Horse District Council, Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon OX14 4SE
Tel 01235 422422   
Viewing
By prior arrangement with the sole letting agent Green & Co, Wantage , Monday to Friday only between 9am and 6pm. Tel. 01235 763561 ref. OM or email oliver.martin@greenand.co.uk
Agent‘s notes
- The building is Grade 2 Listed and located in the designated Conservation Area.
- There is a partly concealed staircase off the initial ground floor area which could either  supplant the existing to the first floor if required or, probably better, removed altogether (subject Listed Building consent) to enhance the space available.
- There is a gated but limited right of way to the rear yard, to the right of the frontage.
- We are informed the previous Premises Licence allowed the sale of alcohol and provision of recorded music between 11am and 12midnight Monday to Saturday, and 12noon to 11.30pm on Sundays.