Retail premises to let in Unit 2, Gibside, Chester-Le-Street, 61 Gibside, Chester Le Street DH2

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Description

The Property forms part of a small retail parade of six units with residential accommodation above. Neighbouring commercial occupiers include a Dental Practice, Convenience Store and Takeaway.

The overall building is constructed with brick elevations under a pitched tiled roof covering. A reinforced concrete ramp located to the northern elevation provides access to the first floor residential accommodation which appears to be independent of the retail units. Each retail unit is understood to provide ground floor accommodation only.

Unit 2 was most recently used as offices by Karbon Homes, but is now understood to be surplus to requirements. It is rectangular in shape and comprises a reception/waiting area, partitioned staff kitchen and separate store/ server room. Accessible WC facilities are included towards the rear of the unit.

The fit out includes suspended ceilings, recessed lighting and carpet floor coverings. To the front elevation, there is a partial glazed display frontage with manual external roller shutter doors. Wall mounted electric space heaters are included. The rear personnel access door opens up into a service/loading area.

Location

County Durham is a unitary authority in the North East of England and borders Cumbria to the west, North Yorkshire to the south and Tyne and War and Northumberland to the north.

It has around 530,100 people living in about 246,380 households. The county covers an area of 223,260 hectares with 21 settlements including Durham City, Chester le Street, Newton Aycliffe, Consett and Peterlee.

The central spine of the county has excellent railway connections, being on the East Coast Main Line. Frequent fast trains come up from London Kings Cross via York to Darlington (2 hrs 30 mins) and Durham. They continue north to Chester le Street, Newcastle and Edinburgh.

The main north-south highway is A1(M), which is 2-3 lane motorway throughout the county. Other major routes are the A66 Trans-Pennine, A19 Trunk Road along the coast; and A68 along the Pennines to Corbridge and Edinburgh.

The Subject Property is situated circa one mile west of Chester le Street town centre, in a predominantly residential area that is characterised by 1960/70’s bungalows and semi-detached properties, alongside new build developments of semi-detached and detached properties.

The Subject is accessed via the roadway known as Gibside, with car parking provided to the northern boundary of the overall site.

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