The Wheatsheaf, Main Street, Maids Moreton

This quintessential village pub offers a tremendous amount of traditional charm with two cosy bar rooms, both with stone inglenook fireplaces, a light and airy dining room and a bar with a serving hatch to the large enclosed garden. There is a modern commercial kitchen, ladies' and gents' toilets and a dry cellar. At the rear, with an independent entrance, is domestic accommodation with a kitchen and a bathroom, and on the first floor is a splendid master bedroom with a vaulted ceiling, two other good-size rooms and a toilet.

The current owners have continually invested in improving and maintaining the building, with the most significant works being an entirely new thatched roof; the rear section replaced in 2023 and the front section in 2024. Also in 2022, the sizeable car park to the side was re-surfaced and a top dressing of gravel applied. In 2016, a new floor was laid in the commercial kitchen with all new stainless steel appliances and a new regulation gas supply fitted, plus an approved fire protection system for the whole building has also been installed.

The Wheatsheaf is the only pub within this sought-after village on the edge of the thriving market town of Buckingham. It is very well located, just off of the main through-road in Main Street, a narrow picturesque road without fast moving passing traffic. At present the pub trades in wet sales only, it does not sell food. Consequently there is significant potential to significantly increase takings, furthermore, the village is set to grow with an application for a new housing development of 163 houses, which is awaiting decision, less than 200 metres away, offering the potential to improve the already busy clientele. Planning reference: 23/02826/AD, application received: Monday 18 September 2023.

The property is a free house, it is Grade II listed, and in 2016 planning consent and listed buildings consent were approved to remove an existing conservatory to replace it with a single storey rear and side extension - Planning reference: 15/04283/APP, decision date: Friday 3 June 2016 (now expired).

Tenure:
Freehold

Accommodation:
Ground Floor:
Two bar rooms, dining room, bar area, commercial kitchen, ladies' toilet, gents' toilet, domestic kitchen, domestic bathroom, stairs down to cellar.
First Floor:
Master bedroom with vaulted ceiling, two further good-size rooms and a toilet with hand basin.

Exterior:
The overall plot measures approximately a quarter of an acre, with a sizeable car park to the left-hand side and a detached over-width single garage in the far corner, plus a log store opposite. At the rear of the main building is a fenced area for the maintenance of garden furniture. The large garden is well maintained, there are a number of tables and benches suitably distant from each other, a flower and shrub boarder and a mature tree. The building is slightly set back from the road where the same gravelled surface as the car park is continued to provide a low-maintenance surface for standing potted plants.

Viewings:
Thu 25 Jul: 13:45-14:15
Sat 27 Jul: 13:15-13:45
Thu 1 Aug: 13:45-14:15
These are open house viewings, you do not need to make an appointment you can simply attend between the published times.

** The auction is being held at the Delta Marriott Hotel Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes MK7 6HL on Wednesday 7th August 2024 and will start at 12:00; it is a public auction so you can just turn up on the day you do not need to pre-register.

You can also register for telephone/proxy/internet bidding online from the 29th July 2024 by following the link below and clicking on the blue box “Register to Bid”: **

EPC Rating:
TBC

VAT:
VAT is not applicable

Seller Solicitor:
Kidd Rapinet
Ref: Barry McLoughlin
Walker House, George Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 2HU



Listing:
The property is Grade II Listed:
Listing No: 1215289

Local Authority:
Buckinghamshire County Council -

Buyers Premium:
There is no Buyer's Premium payable on this lot.

Disbursements:
Please see the legal pack for any disbursements listed that may become payable by the purchaser on completion.

Administration Charge:
Purchasers will be required to pay an administration fee of £1,500 incl. VAT.