41-51 Castle Street
Carlisle, CA3 8SY
To Let 3,100 - 13,256 Sq Ft Rent: On Application
- HISTORIC QUARTER LANDMARK BUILDING
- AVAILABLE AS A WHOLE OR IN CONFIGURATIONS TO SUIT REQUIREMENTS
- SUITABLE FOR VARIOUS USES
The property is a former department store premises, historically and known locally as operating as Bullough's then more recently Hoopers. Sitting in a corner position, the building is largely rectangular in footprint and benefits from extensive glazed frontages to Castle Street and return frontages to St Mary's Gate.
The ground floor is largely made up of an open plan sales area. An integral staircase provides access to the upper floors and a small escalator at the rear of the ground floor sales area provides convenient access linking the building with Carlyle's Court and a route over to The Market Hall.
The first floor provides further sales accommodation and an integral former café / restaurant is still installed to part.
The second floor provides additional ancillary sales space, staff areas and WCs.
Basic storage is provided to the small basement area and attic areas.
Due to the shape and size of the property. Units in various configurations can be offered - subject to sub-division, costs and natural splitting positions. The table of accommodation shown on the property brochure with indicative sub-division floor plan, shows an example of how the space could be sub-divided on the ground floor to provide three units.
Carlisle is the predominant population and commercial centre for Cumbria and a large part of southwest Scotland, with a resident population of over 108,000 drawing on a wider catchment of over 380,000.
The city is the principal administrative and retail centre for the area. The city benefits from good transport links via junctions 44, 43 and 42 of the M6. In addition, the city is a key northern transport hub. It is the final stop before Scotland on the National Rail West Coast Mainline which links London Euston to Glasgow and Edinburgh, daily there will be 20-30 stops in Carlisle coming from both directions.
41-51 Castle Street sits within the heart of Carlisle's Historic and Cathedral Quarter. The building benefits from a pleasant outlook on to Carlisle Cathedral grounds and lies in close proximity to major visitor attractions including Tullie House museum and Carlisle Castle.
Prominently positioned on the corner of Castle Street and St Mary's Gate the building sits adjacent to the fully occupied Carlyle's Court and the recently refurbished Market Hall. Surrounding commercial operators in this vicinity include; TK Maxx, B&M, SONY Centre, The Old Bank, Jopson's Jewellers, Whyte's Café Bar and the local and well established Pioneer and Cranstons Butchers.
Various parking bays, loading bays and pay and display car parks are positioned close to the subject property amongst the surrounding streets.
For identification purposes only, the location of the subject property is shown on the goad trade plan.
| Description | Sq Ft | Sq M |
|---|---|---|
| Ground Floor - Unit 1 (Proposed) | 3,251 | 302.02 |
| Ground Floor - Unit 2 (Proposed) | 5,522 | 512.99 |
| Ground Floor - Unit 3 (Proposed) | 3,100 | 287.99 |
| First Floor | 11,991 | 1,113.96 |
| Second Floor | 13,256 | 1,231.48 |
| Total | 37,120.00 | 3,448.44 |
The property is connected to mains water, drainage, electricity and gas. Each unit will benefit from its own individual matters.
The accommodation is offered TO LET by way of new effective Full Repairing and Insuring leases for a minimum term of 10 years including periodic rent reviews. Units will be handed over ready for bespoke tenant fit out.
Maintenance Charge - Subject to sub-division, a maintenance charge will be levied in respect of the landlord's expenditure incurred for repairing and maintaining any structural, external and communal areas of the building.
Both parties will bear their own legal and professional costs involved in the transaction. Subject to covenant strength, a rental deposit may be required to be
lodged against any new letting.