Pub rings a bell at auction
A ‘substantial and well-presented’ former pub near Frome is going to auction with a freehold guide price of £300,000 plus. (THURS 24 JULY)
The Bell Inn at Standerwick includes first floor owners’ accommodation, trading and restaurant areas, gardens, a large car park and land.
It is among 168 lots in the fifth sale of 2025 being held by one of the top five property auctioneers in the UK, Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers.
Senior Auction Appraiser Audrey Smith said: “The Bell Inn is a substantial, well-presented, freehold public house on a large corner plot.
“Outside there are attractive patio areas and pub gardens with a large car park, as well as a further area of land/garden.
“The property is likely to be of interest in its current guise or to builder developers who may see the potential for further development of the land to the rear, subject to all the necessary planning consents.”
The whole site extends to 0.33 hectares (0.81 acres).
It is being auctioned jointly with Bettesworths.
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In Bridgwater town centre, a mixed-use investment property has a freehold guide of £140,000 to £150,000 plus.
The East Quay property is fully let at a total of £19,140 per annum with a barber shop on the ground floor and a spacious three-bedroom maisonette on the first and second floors.
Its basement has been partially renovated and could offer further rental income, subject to all the necessary consents. There is also a courtyard garden at the rear.
The property is being auctioned in arrangement with Tor Estates.
In Wellington, a part-let town centre commercial investment property in High Street has a freehold guide of £85,000 plus.
The ground floor, which is now vacant, has most recently been used as pub. The first and second floors of the three storey building are currently let as office accommodation.
The property’s first and second floors are let to the same tenant at £5,000 per annum.
It is being auctioned jointly with Miller Commercial.
Near Crewkerne, a detached three-bedroom property called Holly Tree Cottage has a freehold guide of £195,000 plus.
Located at Horn Ash, the house has planning permission to extend its ground floor.
Watch the video: https://www.cliveemson.co.uk/properties/259/65/
In Yeovil, an end-terrace house for updating has a freehold guide of £125,000 plus.
With two bedrooms, it is located close to the town centre in Penfield.
Watch the video: https://www.cliveemson.co.uk/properties/259/154/
Clive Emson Auctioneers’ fifth auction of eight in 2025 concludes on 24 July, with bidding live from 22 July.
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