THE PROPERTY
The Mount Pleasant Inn is an attractive and impressive, character destination village freehouse, which has been the subject of careful renovation and maintenance during our clients 37 years of ownership. Presented and furnished to a high standard throughout, this traditional country pub has origins reputedly dating back to the early 1800's and today offers 5 interconnecting Character Bar and Dining Areas (70+), exceptionally well-equipped Commercial Catering Kitchen with associated ancillary facilities, and a spacious and well presented, Self-Contained 5/6 Double Bedroom Owner's Home with Sitting Room and Kitchen/Dining Room. Externally, there is a Beer Garden to the rear (40+) with a further Customer Seating Terrace to the front (24+). Owner's Private Garden Area, Customer Car Parking to the front and rear for around 15 vehicles, and Various Useful Outbuildings and Stores, with a day room and potential to create additional accommodation, subject to the normal consents. The Mount Pleasant Inn is an extremely popular and well-regarded food led destination village freehouse and this impressive business and property is undoubtedly a very special place to live and work. A viewing is strongly recommended to fully appreciate all that this Devon country village pub has to offer, the size and flexibility of the owner's accommodation, and the potential which still exists.
INTERNAL DETAILS
Customer entrance doors to the front and rear lead into the Main Bar Area a traditional character bar area with carpeted flooring, feature open fireplace, feature lighting, freestanding wooden tables, chairs, bar stools, armchairs and sofa comfortably seating 25 with adequate standing room. Open plan through into Small Bar another traditional character bar area with a continuation of style and theme with beamed ceilings, feature fireplace with inset wood burner, feature lighting, carpeted flooring, freestanding tables, chairs, sofa and bar stools comfortably seating 8 customers plus standing room. Timber fronted and topped Bar Servery with associated back bar fittings, optics, extensive display shelving, non-slip flooring, 2 glass fronted bottle fridges, and an EPOS touch screen cash register. Bay Window Dining Area with carpeted flooring, feature windows to the front, feature lighting, freestanding wooden tables and chairs comfortably seating 12 customers. Snug Dining Area again a continuation in style theme and ambience with carpeted flooring, part wood panelled walls, feature lighting, and freestanding wooden table and chairs for 6+ customers. Forge Restaurant an attractive character room originally the village forge with inset feature fireplace, and still containing the original forge as a feature, exposed stone walls, heavily beamed ceilings, feature lighting, freestanding wooden tables and chairs comfortably seating 20+ customers. Commercial Catering Kitchen with tiled flooring, part stainless steel and part tiled walls, equipped to a high standard with a range of commercial catering equipment to include:- extraction system with stainless steel canopy and gas interlock system, 6 burner range, flat top griddle, twin floor standing deep fat fryer, stainless steel shelving, stainless steel work benches with shelving below, stainless steel hand basin, stainless steel twin deep bowl sink unit, commercial glasswasher, door to rear. Still Room with non-slip flooring, fully lined walls, commercial coffee machine, commercial glasswasher, coffee grinder, 2 microwave ovens, shelving, 2 under-counter fridges, and an under-counter freezer. Preparation Kitchen/Dry Goods Store with tiled flooring, stainless steel workbenches with shelving below, 3 microwave ovens, stainless steel shelving, 3 chest freezers, 3 upright fridges, stainless steel racked shelving, shelving units, door to the rear. Ladies and Gents WC's. Beer Cellar temperature controlled on the ground floor.
PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION
A real feature of this business is the generous and well-proportioned owner's accommodation which is completely self-contained with its own private entrance. The family sized living accommodation briefly comprises:- Ground Floor - Entrance Hall. Utility Room with commercial washing machine and tumble dryer. Kitchen/Dining Room with a range of modern fitted base and wall mounted kitchen units and complementary worksurfaces. Sitting Room an attractive and good-sized room with part wood panelled walls and aspect to the front. First Floor - Bedroom 1 a good-sized double room with aspect to the front. Family Bathroom with shower over the bath. Bedroom 2 a good-sized double room with aspect to the front. Separate WC. Bedroom 3 a double room with aspect to the front and built in wardrobes. Bedroom 4 a good-sized double room with aspect to the front and a walk-in wardrobe. Bedroom 5 a double room with aspect to the rear and interconnecting with Bedroom 6/Office a double room with aspect to the rear.
EXTERNAL DETAILS
Directly to the front of the pub is Customer Parking for around 5 vehicles and an enclosed Customer Seating Area with lawned area and bench seating for 24+ customers. To the rear of the pub is an impressive and attractive Beer Garden mainly laid to lawn with bench seating for 40+ customers. Adjacent Owner's Garden Area with Greenhouse. Customer Car Park with space for 10+ vehicles. Range of useful Outbuildings and Storerooms, being part brick and part wooden constructed, and incorporating Bottle Store, Bin Store, Storeroom/Day Room with occasional bedroom and a shower room. Workshop/Garage/Storeroom. The outbuildings have previously had planning permission (now lapsed) to create a 2 bedroom and two 1 bedroom letting units. Further owner's Courtyard Garden Area with a Log Store, a Tool Store and a wooden shed.
THE BUSINESS
The Mount Pleasant Inn is an extremely well presented throughout and trades as an impressive and profitable village pub and destination freehouse with a reputation for well-kept ales and ciders and good home cooked food. Located in a popular and attractive part of Devon, The Mount Pleasant Inn is a traditional character country inn and is the only pub in the village. In addition to Nomansland, it serves other surrounding villages, hamlets and towns in the area and also attracts tourist trade, particularly during the busy summer months. The Mount Pleasant Inn is well supported by a regular local trade and has a reputation for good quality freshly prepared homemade pub food using local produce wherever possible. The pub also offers a popular takeaway menu and Sunday roast. The pub is also a popular meeting point and venue, hosting private parties and events and functions. The business benefits from impressive levels of goodwill and regular repeat custom which attracts a steady stream of custom, and the business has its own website which provides further background information and menus. The business has been owned and run by our clients for 37 years and is now offered for sale due to impending retirement.
TRADING INFORMATION
Accounts for the year ending 31st December 2023 show sales of £313,789 excluding VAT. The split of trade is 61% Food Sales and 39% Wet Sales. Full detailed trading information can be made available to interested parties following a formal viewing appointment.
OPENING HOURS
The business trades six days a week (closed Monday), from midday until 9.30pm Tuesday to Thursday, from midday until 10pm Friday and Saturday and from midday until 5pm on Sunday.
CURRENT STAFFING
The business is run by our clients, with the assistance of 1 full time chef and 10 part time members of staff.
POTENTIAL
There is undoubted potential to develop all aspects of the trade still further and for future growth in business levels and to extend the opening hours, for which demand exists. There are also opportunities, subject to the usual consents to covert the outbuildings at the rear of the property to create 4/5 letting units, and consent has previously been granted for this.
