6 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Reception hall
- 4 Large reception rooms
- Extensive catering kitchens
- 2 Offices
- 6 En suite bedrooms
- Wine cellar
- Coach House with 2 bedrooms
- Outbuildings, bullock yard and walled kitchen garden
- Former stables
- Former tennis court
Along with its distinctive symmetry this exquisite property retains many period features. The layout currently reflects the restaurant environment, but the elegant rooms are well arranged for alternative uses. There are three reception rooms with a maximum capacity of 60 covers and a breakfast/meeting room which is also licensed for civil ceremonies and a generous well equipped catering kitchen.
There are six bedrooms each with en suite facilities, a wine cellar, a small attic storeroom and two further unused attic rooms.
The pretty, timber-clad Coach House offers well-appointed accommodation, two bedrooms and generous reception spaces.
THE BUSINESS/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
Read’s is a successful and profitable business. At present the business operates 5 full days a week both for the restaurant and accommodation.
The property holds a civil licence and (despite significant demand) at present, weddings are catered for at the owners' discretion. There is scope to up scale the business on all fronts. Average spend for dinner is £90-£100 per head and £50-£60 per head at lunch.
Trading information can be provided after formal inspection, subject to signature of a Non-Disclosure Agreement.
PLANNING
Planning consent exists for 17 additional bedrooms on the site of the tennis court, bullock yard and stables; an extension of the Coach House and for an additional reception room enlarging the manor house. It may prove possible to obtain consent for a larger scheme
Details can be found at Swale Borough Council planning portal: under references: 21/505521, 21/505482 and 21/505479.
A gravelled driveway terminates beyond the house at a generous parking area.
The parklike grounds are extensive with statuesque trees interspersed throughout; evergreen hedging offers privacy and creates enclosure of the more formal garden areas. There is a bountiful kitchen garden supplying the restaurant kitchen and paved terracing adjoining the manor house.
Macknade Manor is situated on the edge of the historic town of Faversham, with its picturesque lanes, boutique shops and choice of restaurants. Canterbury and Whitstable on the coast are close by. The A2/M2 are within easy reach offering access to the coast, London and beyond, whilst commuters have regular services to London.
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