St Nicholas Hall St Nicholas Hall 43 St Andrew Street, Hertford,

Hertfordshire, SG14 1HZ

GRADE II* LISTED

Landmark Building

6,019 sq ft (559.18 sq m)

FOR SALE/TO LET

Large town centre retail unit and showroom Versatile accommodation First floor 1 bed flat Parking and external areas Conversion/development potential Mixed use opportunity Various uses considered (STP) To be let or sold as a whole only

T: 01438 316655

W: www.brownandlee.com

NB:Library picture supplied by vendor.

Tenure Our clients are able to offer the property to rent for a term to be agreed, or for sale freehold.

Rental A new lease of the whole building on Full Repairing and Insuring terms at £85,000 per annum, exclusive is available.

Freehold £1,650,000 (One million six hundred and fifty thousand pounds), exclusive for the freehold interest.

Accommodation The property is constructed over four levels on a generally rectangular plot except for a narrow section at the rear. The property is held under Land Registry title HD420292.

The approximate net useable areas are as follows:

Basement

Store 404 sq ft 37.61 sq m

Ground Floor

Shop/Hall 2,829sq ft 262.85 sq m

First Floor

Office/Store 2,234 sq ft 207.59 sq m

Second Floor

1 bed flat 585 sq ft 54.5 sq m

Total

Total net useable area 6,055sq ft 562.55 sq m

Covered store area

Stores 1,377 sq ft 128 sq m

Rates Business rates are held under four separate assessments. The total ratable value for all four assessments is £45,525.

Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) The property is a listed and no EPC has been undertaken.

Legal Costs Each party to be responsible for their own legal costs.

VAT Unless otherwise stated all prices and rents quoted are exclusive of Value Added Tax. The property is elected for VAT and therefore VAT is applicable to this transaction.

Location The property is located to the north of Hertford on St Andrews Street adjacent to St Andrews Church. Hertford is the county town of Hertfordshire with a population of c26,000. Hertford is c4km from Ware to the east and c12km from Welwyn Garden City to the west. Hertford has two stations Hertford East and North with good connections to London. Main road networks are reached via the A414 which runs through the centre of Hertford. The A10 is c3km to the east and the A1(M) junction 4 can be reached at Welwyn Garden City.

Description (Kindly prepared by the vendors)

The building, known as St. Nicholas Hall and also the Verger’s House, is a landmark building in Hertford, situated next to St Andrew’s Church on one side and a car park on the other which backs on to the Castle Hall and it’s grounds. For the last 50 years the building has been an Antiques shop known as Beckwith & Son, much photographed and on the tourist trail. The building consists of three parts which are fully connected, a covered yard and an open area to the side which has vehicle access.

The Verger’s House is a 15th century jettied half timbered building on three floors with a cellar, and fireplaces on each level and occupied as a residence prior to it’s restoration in the 1960’s. The top floor is a self contained one bedroomed flat with sitting room, bathroom , kitchen and separate toilet.

Attached is St Nicholas Hall, formerly a church hall built in 1892 and partly funded by residents in Hertford Connecticut. The hall follows a design for a medieval aisled hall with a stage and sub basement below with natural light at the south end; subsequently altered in the late 1960’s to accommodate a first floor, providing an attractive and unusual space. A new staircase linking the medieval front with the first floor church hall was built in English oak in 2008/9. There is under floor heating to the ground floor run by a gas fired Rayburn.

The third part of the building is connected by a stone staircase serving the back of the stage and it’s sub-basement room (with natural light). The Schoolroom has pleasing proportions, open to the roof, again with good natural light. A separate toilet block for girls and boys at the end of the covered yard no longer exists.

There are doorways to all three parts of the building on both sides. Vehicular access is available to both sides of the property, although parking is only available on one side.

Features Grade II* Listed building Parking Town centre location Large open plan retail area One bed flat at second floor Storage areas and basement Suitable for variety of uses (STP) Rare freehold Development opportunity

For further information, please contact: Daniel Musgrove

T: M:

01438 794586 07966 144131

E: W:

daniel.musgrove@brownandlee.com www.brownandlee.com

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