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18 bedroom house
Key information
Property description & features
- Established trading pattern with potential for non resident dining
- Georgian Grade II listed building
- Prominent High Street location
- Tea making facilities, flat screen TV’s, hairdryers and radio clock alarms
- Owners 3 bedroom accommodation.
- In current ownership for 10½ years
Built in 1837 Fairlawn House is currently a family owned and run guest house set in a beautiful Georgian Grade II listed town house in Amesbury town centre which is located circa 4 miles from the historic site of Stonehenge.
It is also conveniently situated a couple of minutes from the A303 which provides excellent links to Andover to the east and Bath to the west.. The Cathedral City of Salisbury is located to the south.
In addition, Fairlawn is approximately 70 miles from London Heathrow, 31 miles from the International Airport and Docks at Southampton and the picturesque New Forest. Fairlawn House is an ideal stopover for touring visitors, a great base for local exploration and well-used by business travellers.
The rooms come in all shapes and sizes...from a "petite" single up to large superior doubles/family suites and a range of doubles, singles, twin and family rooms in between.
To the rear of the property is a part decked part paved enclosed courtyard with pedestrian access to the High Street.
Letting on a B&B basis only, attracting a mix of business and leisure trade, we are advised that a turnover of approximately £300,000 yielding a trading profit of £100,000 was achieved to the year ended April 2020. (Agents Note: Accounts Not Verified)
PRICE £1,200,000 to include goodwill, furnishings, fittings and equipment as per inventory to be prepared.
History
Fairlawn House bed and breakfast (formerly Fovant House) was built in around 1838 for local surgeon Mr George Best Batho and is now a Grade II listed building, which means it is a protected heritage site in England.
Over the years the house has had many uses; a family home for Mr. Batho, a doctor's surgery for Doctor Charles Pyle, an auction house and an esteemed ladies finishing school to name just a few!
Georgian architecture is represented by some of the world's most handsome buildings. The sash windows and semi - circular fanlights (just like the one above the front door on 10 Downing Street, London, the home of the British Prime Minister) and other ornate designs originated from Ancient Greece and Neo-Palladianism of the Italian Renaissance. The planning documentation from the 1830's notes specifically the House's Flemish bonded brickwork, portico framed doorway with Tuscan columns of pilaster in antis.
The House still retains many of these original features including a wonderful curved staircase and a very unusual internal wind indicator.
Nearby Attractions
Stonehenge - The ancient Stone Circle of Stonehenge is a short dirve from Fairlawn House.
The Abbey Church of St Mary and St Melor - Amesbury itself has the parish church of St. Mary and St. Melor which is even older than Salisbury Cathedral and well worth a visit. Legend has it that Queen Guinevere, wife of King Arthur came to visit the church.
Salisbury Cathedral - The gothic Cathedral contains the world's oldest working clock (from AD 1386) and has one of the four surviving original copies of the Magna Carta.
Avebury - Visit the largest stone circle in the world in the beautiful village of Avebury.
Longleat - Longleat House is a great example of high Elizabethan architecture. This magnificent stately home is open to the public and Longleat Safari Park as shown on the BBC's Animal Park is worth a visit too.
Motor Racing - Thruxton Racecourse is close enough for a day out but certainly far enough away to avoid the crowds and the noise. Salisbury Race course with a programme of meetings throughout the summer.
Sky Diving, Flying and Parachuting - Not for the feint of heart, Salisbury is also a home for Sky Diving and Flying.
Directions
From the A303
Turn towards Amesbury at the Roundabout. Go straight on at the traffic lights and turn right at the mini roundabout. Go to the end of the road and turn right. Fairlawn House is on the right hand side about 200 meters along, opposite Barclays Bank.
From Salisbury
Follow the A345 to Amesbury, go straight on at the first mini roundabout and turn left at the second mini roundabout. Go to the end of the road and turn right. Fairlawn House is on the right hand side about 200 meters along, opposite Barclays Bank.
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