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£240,000
(£35.36/sq. ft)
Retail premises for sale
Stramongate, Kendal LA96,787 sq. ft
Local area information
Property location
Nearby amenities
- Stramongate Primary School 0.1 miles
- Kendal 0.2 miles
- Sandgate School (SEN) 0.5 miles
- Oxenholme Lake District 1.9 miles
These distances are calculated in a straight line. The actual route and distance may vary.
Read our area guide for Kendal to find out more about the local area.
Features and description
• A three-storey stone and slate retail showroom extending to a gross internal area of 6,787 sq ft
• Situated on Stramongate, a popular location in Kendal Town Centre with retailers, food operators, professional and office occupiers
• Currently providing open plan retailing space at ground and upper floors
• Planning permission granted for change of use to short-term let/holiday and staff accommodation
• Ideal for an investor, owner occupier or developer
• Freehold purchase price - £240,000
• Low capital value rate of £35.36 per sq ft
• No VAT payable
Location
The property is situated on Stramongate in Kendal town centre, which is in South Lakeland, South Cumbria and the North West of England.
Kendal is the principal town of South Lakeland and is situated just outside of the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park only 6 miles from Junctions 36 and 37 of the M6 Motorway. The town has a resident population of 29,495 (2011 Census) and is a popular tourist destination being 10 miles south of Windermere. The town has a weighted retail catchment in excess of 50,000 people and a greater district catchment in excess of 102,000. The district’s Class Grouping indicates that in excess of 50% of the catchment area is of A, B or C demographic.
Oxenholme Train Station, which provides services on the West Coast main railway line, is located 3 miles to the southeast providing direct routes to London (approximate journey time 2 hours 50 minutes) and Glasgow (1 hour 45 minutes).
Kendal provides a lively town centre which benefits from local and tourism trade from the Lake District National Park with a good mix of local, regional and national retailers and leisure outlets. There are two main shopping centres, Elephant Yard which has occupiers such as Next, Boots and Costa Coffee and the Westmorland Shopping Centre which has Clarks Shoes, Waterstones and EE. The town centre also has a Marks and Spencer’s, Booths Supermarket, Lidl and a Tesco Metro. The Westmorland Shopping Centre has an indoor market and, on a Wednesday and Saturday, Market Place has around 20 open air stalls. As well as all year-round tourism, Kendal benefits from a number of festivals and events.
Stramongate and the adjacent New Road form part of the A65 and one-way dual carriageway that travels north to south around the east side of Kendal town centre and becomes the A6 Aynam Road which travels down to Lound Road and the A6 Milnthorpe Road, around one mile away and which continues south to the A591 and to Junction 36 of the M6, seven miles away. The A65 is the main route leading from the north of Kendal town centre and Shap Road, passing over Stramongate Bridge and the subject premises and around the east side of the town centre, over Bridge Street/The River Kent which then becomes Aynam Road.
The property occupies a prominent position close to Stramongate Bridge and opposite Sand Aire House in a mixed-use location popular with retailers, cafes, restaurants and office occupiers. The main bus station on Blackhall Road, the town retail core and Kendal Train Station are all around 200 metres away.
Description
80 Stramongate is an attractive three-storey, mid-terrace, stone and slate building, providing retail accommodation at ground, first and second floor.
The ground floor incorporates a traditional timber framed shop façade with central inset pedestrian entrance door and upper floors have attractive timber framed single glazed sash windows.
Internally, the ground floor shop is fitted out with carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls, wallpapered and painted ceiling with strip lighting, wall mounted electric radiators and arranged with trading space to the front, two separate staircases to the first floor and storage with WC to the rear.
The first floor has carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls, timber framed single glazed windows and is arranged with two open plan retailing spaces.
The second floor is fitted out with wood effect vinyl flooring, plaster painted walls, suspended fibre tile ceiling with diffused fluorescent panel lighting, sash windows and is a single space to the front of the premises.
The property has previously been a bed furniture showroom and is ideal for a similar retail use although has planning permission granted under application reference 2024/1661/fpa for the change of use from retail (Use Class E) to short-term let/holiday accommodation and staff accommodation (Mixed-use classes C3 dwellinghouse and C4 house in multiple occupation).
Apartment 1 which is proposed to be on the ground and first floors at the front of the premises for holiday let use, will have a lounge, dining room and kitchen at ground floor as well as access to a bike and equipment store and at first floor with two double en-suite bedrooms.
Apartment 2 which is also for holiday let use, has an open plan living room, kitchen and diner across the front of the first floor of the premises with two double en-suite bedrooms behind.
Apartment 3 will be a one-bedroom holiday let studio at second floor, accessed from an internal stairwell and arranged with an open plan kitchen/diner and lounge, bedroom area and shower-room.
The staff accommodation will be situated at the rear of the building with a lounge, kitchen diner, utility and WC on the ground floor and four double en-suite bedrooms at first floor.
Plans as existing and the consented conversion are shown over and the application can be viewed on the Westmorland & Furness Council website -
Accommodation
The property provides the following approximate floor areas:
Net Internal Area
Ground Floor 299.36m2 (3,222 sq ft)
First Floor 237.22m2 (2,553 sq ft)
Second Floor 66.14m2 (712 sq ft)
Total Approximate Net Internal Area 602.72m2 (6,488 sq ft)
Gross Internal Area
Ground Floor 306.87m2 (3,303 sq ft)
First Floor 251.76m2 (2,710 sq ft)
Second Floor 71.91m2 (774 sq ft)
Total Approximate Gross Internal Area 630.54m2 (6,787 sq ft)
Services
The property is connected to mains electricity, water and the mains drainage/sewerage system.
Heating is provided via wall mounted electric radiators and hot water from electric water heater taps.
It should be noted that the services have not been tested and therefore should not be relied upon.
Rateable value
The property has a Rateable Value of £34,000 with estimated rates payable of £16,966 for the year 2025/2026 Prospective purchasers should make their own enquiries direct to the Business Rates Department at Westmorland & Furness Council.
Energy performance certificate
The property has an Energy Efficiency Rating of C55 and the certificate is valid until 23 July 2029. A copy is available on application or to download from the Governments online EPC database.
Proposal
The property is offered freehold (Title Number: CU233652) with full vacant possession suitable for an owner occupier or investor for its current retailing use or as a residential development opportunity.
Offers invited in excess of £240,000, equating to a low capital value rate of circa £35.36 per sq ft on the net internal area.
Money laundering legislation
Edwin Thompson is bound to comply with Anti-Money Laundering legislation including obtaining evidence of the identity and proof of address of potential buyers. Prior to an offer being accepted, interested parties will need to provide the requested evidence.
Easements, wayleaves and rights of way
The land and property are sold subject to and with the benefit of all public and private rights of way, lights, drainage, cables, pylons or other easements, restrictions or obligations whether or not the same are described in these particulars of sale.
VAT
The Seller has advised that the land and property are not VAT registered and therefore VAT is not payable on the rental and sale consideration.
Legal costs
Each party to bear their own legal costs in the preparation and settlement of the sale documentation together with any VAT thereon.
Viewing
The property is available to view by prior appointment with Edwin Thompson llp. Contact:
John Haley or Ellie Oakley
Important notice
Edwin Thompson for themselves and for the Vendor/Landlord of this property, whose Agents they are, give notice that:
1. The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, any offer or contract.
2. All descriptions, dimensions, plans, reference to condition and necessary conditions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness.
3. No person in the employment of Edwin Thompson has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property or these particulars, nor to enter into any contract relating to the property on behalf of the Agents, nor into any contract on behalf of the Vendor.
4. No responsibility can be accepted for loss or expense incurred in viewing the property or in any other way in the event of the property being sold or withdrawn.
5. These particulars were prepared in June 2025.
• Situated on Stramongate, a popular location in Kendal Town Centre with retailers, food operators, professional and office occupiers
• Currently providing open plan retailing space at ground and upper floors
• Planning permission granted for change of use to short-term let/holiday and staff accommodation
• Ideal for an investor, owner occupier or developer
• Freehold purchase price - £240,000
• Low capital value rate of £35.36 per sq ft
• No VAT payable
Location
The property is situated on Stramongate in Kendal town centre, which is in South Lakeland, South Cumbria and the North West of England.
Kendal is the principal town of South Lakeland and is situated just outside of the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park only 6 miles from Junctions 36 and 37 of the M6 Motorway. The town has a resident population of 29,495 (2011 Census) and is a popular tourist destination being 10 miles south of Windermere. The town has a weighted retail catchment in excess of 50,000 people and a greater district catchment in excess of 102,000. The district’s Class Grouping indicates that in excess of 50% of the catchment area is of A, B or C demographic.
Oxenholme Train Station, which provides services on the West Coast main railway line, is located 3 miles to the southeast providing direct routes to London (approximate journey time 2 hours 50 minutes) and Glasgow (1 hour 45 minutes).
Kendal provides a lively town centre which benefits from local and tourism trade from the Lake District National Park with a good mix of local, regional and national retailers and leisure outlets. There are two main shopping centres, Elephant Yard which has occupiers such as Next, Boots and Costa Coffee and the Westmorland Shopping Centre which has Clarks Shoes, Waterstones and EE. The town centre also has a Marks and Spencer’s, Booths Supermarket, Lidl and a Tesco Metro. The Westmorland Shopping Centre has an indoor market and, on a Wednesday and Saturday, Market Place has around 20 open air stalls. As well as all year-round tourism, Kendal benefits from a number of festivals and events.
Stramongate and the adjacent New Road form part of the A65 and one-way dual carriageway that travels north to south around the east side of Kendal town centre and becomes the A6 Aynam Road which travels down to Lound Road and the A6 Milnthorpe Road, around one mile away and which continues south to the A591 and to Junction 36 of the M6, seven miles away. The A65 is the main route leading from the north of Kendal town centre and Shap Road, passing over Stramongate Bridge and the subject premises and around the east side of the town centre, over Bridge Street/The River Kent which then becomes Aynam Road.
The property occupies a prominent position close to Stramongate Bridge and opposite Sand Aire House in a mixed-use location popular with retailers, cafes, restaurants and office occupiers. The main bus station on Blackhall Road, the town retail core and Kendal Train Station are all around 200 metres away.
Description
80 Stramongate is an attractive three-storey, mid-terrace, stone and slate building, providing retail accommodation at ground, first and second floor.
The ground floor incorporates a traditional timber framed shop façade with central inset pedestrian entrance door and upper floors have attractive timber framed single glazed sash windows.
Internally, the ground floor shop is fitted out with carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls, wallpapered and painted ceiling with strip lighting, wall mounted electric radiators and arranged with trading space to the front, two separate staircases to the first floor and storage with WC to the rear.
The first floor has carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls, timber framed single glazed windows and is arranged with two open plan retailing spaces.
The second floor is fitted out with wood effect vinyl flooring, plaster painted walls, suspended fibre tile ceiling with diffused fluorescent panel lighting, sash windows and is a single space to the front of the premises.
The property has previously been a bed furniture showroom and is ideal for a similar retail use although has planning permission granted under application reference 2024/1661/fpa for the change of use from retail (Use Class E) to short-term let/holiday accommodation and staff accommodation (Mixed-use classes C3 dwellinghouse and C4 house in multiple occupation).
Apartment 1 which is proposed to be on the ground and first floors at the front of the premises for holiday let use, will have a lounge, dining room and kitchen at ground floor as well as access to a bike and equipment store and at first floor with two double en-suite bedrooms.
Apartment 2 which is also for holiday let use, has an open plan living room, kitchen and diner across the front of the first floor of the premises with two double en-suite bedrooms behind.
Apartment 3 will be a one-bedroom holiday let studio at second floor, accessed from an internal stairwell and arranged with an open plan kitchen/diner and lounge, bedroom area and shower-room.
The staff accommodation will be situated at the rear of the building with a lounge, kitchen diner, utility and WC on the ground floor and four double en-suite bedrooms at first floor.
Plans as existing and the consented conversion are shown over and the application can be viewed on the Westmorland & Furness Council website -
Accommodation
The property provides the following approximate floor areas:
Net Internal Area
Ground Floor 299.36m2 (3,222 sq ft)
First Floor 237.22m2 (2,553 sq ft)
Second Floor 66.14m2 (712 sq ft)
Total Approximate Net Internal Area 602.72m2 (6,488 sq ft)
Gross Internal Area
Ground Floor 306.87m2 (3,303 sq ft)
First Floor 251.76m2 (2,710 sq ft)
Second Floor 71.91m2 (774 sq ft)
Total Approximate Gross Internal Area 630.54m2 (6,787 sq ft)
Services
The property is connected to mains electricity, water and the mains drainage/sewerage system.
Heating is provided via wall mounted electric radiators and hot water from electric water heater taps.
It should be noted that the services have not been tested and therefore should not be relied upon.
Rateable value
The property has a Rateable Value of £34,000 with estimated rates payable of £16,966 for the year 2025/2026 Prospective purchasers should make their own enquiries direct to the Business Rates Department at Westmorland & Furness Council.
Energy performance certificate
The property has an Energy Efficiency Rating of C55 and the certificate is valid until 23 July 2029. A copy is available on application or to download from the Governments online EPC database.
Proposal
The property is offered freehold (Title Number: CU233652) with full vacant possession suitable for an owner occupier or investor for its current retailing use or as a residential development opportunity.
Offers invited in excess of £240,000, equating to a low capital value rate of circa £35.36 per sq ft on the net internal area.
Money laundering legislation
Edwin Thompson is bound to comply with Anti-Money Laundering legislation including obtaining evidence of the identity and proof of address of potential buyers. Prior to an offer being accepted, interested parties will need to provide the requested evidence.
Easements, wayleaves and rights of way
The land and property are sold subject to and with the benefit of all public and private rights of way, lights, drainage, cables, pylons or other easements, restrictions or obligations whether or not the same are described in these particulars of sale.
VAT
The Seller has advised that the land and property are not VAT registered and therefore VAT is not payable on the rental and sale consideration.
Legal costs
Each party to bear their own legal costs in the preparation and settlement of the sale documentation together with any VAT thereon.
Viewing
The property is available to view by prior appointment with Edwin Thompson llp. Contact:
John Haley or Ellie Oakley
Important notice
Edwin Thompson for themselves and for the Vendor/Landlord of this property, whose Agents they are, give notice that:
1. The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, any offer or contract.
2. All descriptions, dimensions, plans, reference to condition and necessary conditions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness.
3. No person in the employment of Edwin Thompson has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property or these particulars, nor to enter into any contract relating to the property on behalf of the Agents, nor into any contract on behalf of the Vendor.
4. No responsibility can be accepted for loss or expense incurred in viewing the property or in any other way in the event of the property being sold or withdrawn.
5. These particulars were prepared in June 2025.
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