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Cumbria House

Murray Road, Workington, Cumbria

For Sale 7,337 Sq Ft Sale: £450,000 Investment

  • VAT FREE
  • PROMINENT CORNER LOCATION
  • FULLY OCCUPIED BUILDING
  • £51,214 PER ANNUM RENTAL INCOME

Agent for this property:

Ben Blain

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FULLY LET MIXED INVESTMENT IN WORKINGTON TOWN CENTRE

Cumbria House is a two storey corner building let to four separate occupiers, and is fully let. To the rear is an enclosed car park of 6 no. spaces. The construction is concrete frame with brick infill walls rendered externally under a flat assumed mineralised felt covered roof. The building is divided into four self-contained occupations, two fronting Murray Road, and two accessed from New Oxford Street. The accommodation is arranged over ground and first floors.

Age UK Carlisle and Eden leases the whole of the former building society branch unit fronting Murray Road with the charity occupying the ground-floor, and subletting the first floor to Cumbrian Gateway. Images Hair Salon occupies an adjacent ground-floor retail unit. Groundwork North East occupies the ground-floor office premises with frontage and access from New Oxford Street. Cumbria Gateway occupies first-floor offices accessed from a New Oxford Street entrance; this occupier has now reinstated a separate former opening between these offices and those first-floor offices above Age UK.

GF Retail Unit - Images (Workington) Ltd
5 years wef 1 June 2022; reversionary lease agreed extending lease term to 31 May 2032;
Rent £7,800 pax rising to £8,400 pax wef 1 June 2027; IRI; Break 1 June 2030

GF Offices - Groundwork North East
7 years wef 31 March 2021; expiry 30 March 2028; Rent £15,914 pax; IRI

GF & FF Retail Unit - Age UK Carlisle and Eden
5 years wef 28 May 2025; expiry 27 May 2030; Rent £17,500 pax; IRI subject to a Schedule of Condition; Break 28 May 2028; FF subject to a Licence to Occupy granted to Cumbria Gateway.

FF Offices - Cumbria Gateway
5 years wef 11 January 2024; expiry 10 January 2029; Rent £10,000 pax; IRI subject to a
Schedule of Condition; Break 10 January 2027

Workington is a coastal town situated in west Cumbria with a resident population of approximately 25,000 but draws on a wider catchment incorporating surrounding towns and villages, such as Seaton, Maryport and High Harrington. Workington is the dominant retail centre for west Cumbria and is situated approximately 7 miles north of Whitehaven, 23 miles south west of Carlisle and 10 miles west of Cockermouth. The subject property is situated on the corner of Murray Road and New Oxford Street on the edge of the central retailing area, in a prominent position parade and the Washington Square Shopping Centre. The town's bus station sits immediately opposite, and JD Wetherspoon is adjacent. Other nearby operators include Heron Foods, Subway and Greggs.

Description Sq Ft Sq M
Ground Floor Retail Unit 822 76.36
Ground Floor Offices (Groundwork) 1,775 164.90
Ground Floor Retail Unit (Age UK) 1,369 127.18
First Floor Offices (Cumbria Gateway) 1,236 114.82
First Floor Offices (Cumbria Gateway) 2,135 198.34

We understand mains water, gas, electricity and drainage are connected to
the property.

£450,000 for the freehold investment