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Property details
Just three miles south of Maidstone town centre and within easy reach of Leeds Castle and Linton Park, Boughton Monchelsea enjoys an attractive setting on a ragstone ridge between the North Downs and the Weald of Kent. The village combines beautiful countryside surroundings with a genuine community feel, supported by a village green, primary school, recreation ground and post office.
As the only pub in the village, the Cock Inn is perfectly placed at the heart of local life whilst also drawing destination diners from Maidstone and the wider Kent area. Its friendly atmosphere, already loyal wet trade and strong reputation for traditional home-cooked fare, provides an excellent platform for an operator to further develop both sides of the business.
Internally, it has everything that you would expect from a traditional country pub, including exposed beams, cosy corners and a roaring log burner fire, providing a charming, warm and welcoming feel. It offers a central feature bar servery, the more relaxed main bar area for 40 covers, a separate restaurant dining room, which can also double up as private event space, for approx.60 covers and a good-sized trade kitchen.
A patio area to the front of the property allows you to cater for further outside covers dining during the fairer weather, and the large private customer car park supports the ability to further drive the destination dining custom.
The spacious private accommodation is set out on the first floor of the property and includes three double bedrooms, a lounge, kitchen and two bathrooms.
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Trading style
Are you an experienced pub operator looking for an historic village pub & restaurant with a strong community feel and an established destination dining trade in rural Kent? Due to retirement, and for the first time in over sixteen years, the pub company is seeking new tenants to take on the Cock Inn in Boughton Monchelsea and build on its excellent reputation.
The Cock Inn is looking to start the next chapter in its history, and it is available immediately, with flexible agreement options available to include a traditional tenancy or a partnership agreement. Moving forward, it needs an experienced, hands-on pub operator with a clear vision for its food and drink offer, community engagement and longer-term growth. There is real scope to strengthen its role as the village hub through regular events, quizzes, themed evenings and seasonal activity, while using effective marketing and social media to further promote the pub as a warm, traditional Kent village inn with a strong destination dining appeal.
Key financials
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Reference Number:
Z55YD7 / SN-ME17
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Agreement Type:
Tenancy
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Min Ingoing Cost:
£17,500.00
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Annual Rent:
TBC
The stated ingoing figures are correct at point of advertising. Please be aware there may be additional costs.
Please note that the Energy Performance Certificate is available from the landlord.
Estimated capital requirements:
- Trading deposit £5,000
- Contract deposit (Refundable on the day of change): £500
- Maintenance scheme (Plus monthly payments of £50) £1,000
- Inventory (Estimated post-refurbishment subject to an independent valuation by a trade broker and stock taker) £TBC
- Stock, glass & crockery (Estimated, subject to an independent valuation by a trade broker and stock taker) £5,000
- Training deposit (£500 Refundable on completion of training) £1,000
- Utility package deposit (Approx. cost, applicable subject to agreement type) £TBC
- Technology pack deposit (Approx. cost, applicable subject to agreement type) £TBC
Working capital £5,000
Total estimated ingoing charges £TBC
Minimal capital considered £17,500
A lower minimum amount of capital may be considered, provided that there is a strong business and financial reason to support this during the application process.
Fixed Rental Structure:
- Year 1 £TBC
- Year 2 £TBC
- Year 3 £TBC
- Year 4 £TBC
- Year 5 £TBC
This pub is being offered on a Standard Tenancy Agreement with a fixed 5-year rental structure. This agreement is covered by the ‘Landlord & Tenant Act 1954, Part II. This is a fully tied agreement across all beers, cider, wine, PPS, spirits, and minerals.