The Ellers, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12

LOCATION

Ellers Mill is situated on The Ellers, a short distance to the southeast of Ulverston town centre, in the southwest of Cumbria and the North West England. Ulverston has a population of 11,678 (2011 Census) and is a popular market town offering a wide range of local retail and leisure services. On a local basis, Ulverston is an attractive and desirable town in close proximity to the south boundaries of The Lake District National Park and benefitting from good access to the local road network. Other desirable nearby villages include Pennington, Rosside, Swarthmoor, which is subject to significant expansion with a number of residential schemes planned and slightly further afield to the north, there is Broughton Beck, Greenodd, Arrad Foot before reaching the southern boundaries of The Lake District National Park, 5 miles away.

The town centre is reached in less than 5 minutes on foot and is around 300 metres to the west and is made up of quaint streets centred around Market Street, King Street and Queen Street, reached via Upper Brook Street. There is a railway station around a 10 minute walk away which is on the Furness Line, primarily operated by TransPennine Express from Barrow-in-Furness to Manchester Airport and also by Northern Rail Services from Barrow-in-Furness to Lancaster. There are regular bus services from the town centre to the surrounding residential areas and also to Barrow-in-Furness which is around 11 miles away and Kendal and Junction 36 of the M6 are circa 25 miles to the east.

The Ellers connects with the A590 County Road around 350 metres to the northwest of the subject site, providing direct access into Ulverston town centre. It is also connects with the A5087 Quebec Street just 20 metres to the east which provides an alternative route up to the A590 as well as travelling south down the east side of Ulverston, becoming Priory Road and eventually the Coast Road which is an alternative route to Barrow-in-Furness.


DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS

Ellers Mill is a four-storey attractive stone-built former commercial building and has an adjacent forecourt/car parking area and also includes a single-storey workshop that is attached to the mill building.

The Mill incorporates a pedestrian entrance and a mix of timber framed single glazed and double glazed windows underneath a pitched slate roof and has a two-storey extension to its southeast corner, constructed in matching stone. Internally, the accommodation has been stripped back to shell, in preparation for redevelopment works.

There is also a workshop building which is a mix of stone and brick construction, rendered and painted externally underneath a flat resin roof accessed from a double glazed pedestrian entrance which is likely to have been a former loading bay/vehicle access now having an inner-lobby and opening up into a warehouse with rear WCs and storage to the side.

Externally, the car parking area/forecourt is predominantly formed in tarmacadam hardstanding and the Mill Race which runs under the north section of The Mill building and down the north boundary, is bounded by modern stone walling having been subject to recent upgrading works by the Environment Agency. At the south boundary, there is a part dwarf block wall, vehicle entrance and the east boundary is formed by a mix of brick and fencing.

EXISTING ACCOMMODATION

The property has been measured on a gross internal area basis as follows:

Ellers Mill

Ground Floor 184.30m2 (1,984 sq ft)
First Floor 142.14m2 (1,530 sq ft)
Second Floor 118.58m2 (1,276 sq ft)
Third Floor 101.70m2 (1,094 sq ft)
Total Approximate GIA 546.72m2 (5,885 sq ft)

Adjacent Workshop

Ground Floor 218.51m2 (2,352 sq ft)
Mezzanine 21.37m2 (230 sq ft)
Total Approximate GIA 239.88m2 (2,582 sq ft)

Site Area 0.10 Hectares 0.24 Acres

PLANNING

The site has been granted planning permission under Planning Reference: SL/2021/0338 for the demolition of the existing single-storey warehouse and toilets, conversion of the existing Eller's Mill building into 8 apartments and construction of a new stairwell to the rear, construction of 3 new dwellings and the provision of off-street parking.

The Eller's Mill building will form an office at ground floor and 8 apartments over first, second and third floors. The ground floor will have a separate entrance to the office/workspace with a utility/welfare facilities room and WC and a separate communal entrance to the residential accommodation with lift and stair access to the upper floors. The first, second and third floors will each have 2 No. two-bedroom apartments each comprising of a lobby, open plan kitchen/dining/living room, two bedrooms and a bathroom with a shower.

The existing warehouse has permission to be demolished and for the erection of a terrace of 3 dwellings, each comprising a garage, utility, workshop and WC at ground floor with stairs up to first floor where there will be a kitchen, living/dining room and staircase to the second floor with three bedrooms and a bathroom.

The site will include a car park with two spaces allocated to the ground floor commercial unit, one space allocated per apartment and one allocated per dwelling as well as the garages providing an extra space.

Plans and further information is available upon application.

SERVICES

The site is connected to mains electricity, gas, water and the mains drainage system.

The purchaser should satisfy themselves as to the availability of the services and connection to them in consultation with the service providers.

ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE

The existing property has an Energy Efficiency Rating of E120, valid until 8 June 2032.

A copy of the certificate is available to download from the Edwin Thompson website or upon request.

TENURE

The land and property are held freehold title of the whole and will be sold with full vacant possession.


MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION

Edwin Thompson is bound to comply with Anti-Money Laundering legislation including obtaining evidence of the identity and proof of address of potential buyers. Prior to an offer being accepted, interested parties will need to provide the requested evidence.


EASEMENTS, WAYLEAVES AND RIGHTS OF WAY

The land and property are sold subject to and with the benefit of all public and private rights of way, lights, drainage, cable, pylons or other easements, restrictions or obligations whether or not the same are described in these particulars of sale.

PROPOSAL

The land and property are available freehold with vacant possession at a purchase price of £485.000. The sellers reserve the right not to sell and are not bound to accept the highest or any offer received.

VAT

It is advised that the land and property are not elected for VAT and therefore it is assumed that the sale will not attract VAT.

LEGAL COSTS

Each party to bear their own legal costs in the preparation and settlement of the sale documentation together with any VAT thereon.

VIEWING

The property is available to view strictly by appointment with Edwin Thompson, contact:

John Haley or Ellie Oakley

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Edwin Thompson for themselves and for the Vendor/Landlord of this property, whose Agents they are, give notice that:
1. The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, any offer or contract.
2. All descriptions, dimensions, plans, reference to condition and necessary conditions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness.
3. No person in the employment of Edwin Thompson has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property or these particulars, nor to enter into any contract relating to the property on behalf of the Agents, nor into any contract on behalf of the Vendor.
4. No responsibility can be accepted for loss or expense incurred in viewing the property or in any other way in the event of the property being sold or withdrawn.
5. These particulars were prepared in March 2025.