'Iconic' Plymouth Conservative club goes under hammer
THE Conservative club where the triumphs of Tory prime ministers from Robert Gascoyne-Cecil to John Major were celebrated is to go under the auctioneer's hammer with a guide price of up to £300,000.
The former Mutley Conservative Club, which shut in 2010 after 111 years, is being put up for auction.
The expansive four-storey building, with commanding views from Mutley Plain, is one of 30 lots going under the hammer of land and property auctioneers Clive Emson, at the St Mellion International Resort, Saltash, on November 1.
Originally built as two houses, deeds show the property was purchased for use as a club on July 6, 1899, for £1,050. The freehold is now being offered at £200,000 to £300,000.
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It includes two bars, three function rooms, a committee room, a snooker suite and a top-floor steward's apartment.
The club ceased trading in April 2010 but was not insolvent.
It had celebrated its 100th birthday in October 1999 and as The Herald reported at the time, was purchased on July 6, 1899, for £1,050.
Auctioneer Graham Barton, a regular on BBC 1's Homes Under the Hammer, said: "This must be one of Plymouth's most iconic buildings. We anticipate interest from a number of sources. It could have potential retail use with flats above or offer multiple student accommodation, all subject of course to gaining the necessary planning consent."
Among other Plymouth properties being sold at the auction is the Butchers Arms, pub, in Stonehouse's Cremyll Street, just outside the gate to the Royal William Yard.
The three-storey freehold, which includes a three-bedroom upstairs maisonette and a large rear beer garden, has a guide price of £150,000 to £180,000.
Mr Barton said: "This is a well-known pub in a sought after part of the city.
"It would be ideal for a programme of refurbishment to make the most of the setting and ensure a bustling food and wet trade customer destination. Other bidders may be tempted by the chance of alternative redevelopment schemes subject to all the necessary consents being obtainable."
Comments
by mjohn
Friday, October 12 2012, 9:47PM
“So, the Sin Bin is now for Sale. What would be a fitting end to this iconic building where Tories would park on double yellow lines without fines and disrupt the flow of traffic from the City?
I think a fitting end would be for it to be purchased by the Sutton Constituency Labour Party after their successful sale of Beaumont Hall to the city's Muslim Community.
Could you imagine the canvasing that they could do on Mutley Plain amongst the students?”
by b_mused
Friday, October 12 2012, 9:12PM
“@delmart - Because you are only allowed to make the same comment once.”
by philofbudo
Friday, October 12 2012, 6:07PM
“I think you are confusing two different bars Chez.
The one that was closed down for not having a licence was the "Late Rooms" and it shut a while back now. The pub that has shut recently is the "Mutley Crown" which had been a licensed premises for a good number of years (although I can remember when it was a furniture store (Lexterten, previously Wades, previously Hilda M Haddon).”
by ChezGuevara
Friday, October 12 2012, 5:46PM
“Nevman .... I think you will find the reason why that bar closed was because they didn't have the permission for it to be a bar in the first place.”
by P2IsABigHotel
Friday, October 12 2012, 5:05PM
“Why are legitimate comments regarding student accommodation being removed?”
by Delmart
Friday, October 12 2012, 5:02PM
“Why are my comments being removed?”
by Delmart
Friday, October 12 2012, 4:58PM
“It's to late for student accommodation now that the university has given up the office space of redundant workers to bring the students into the center of the campus.”
by Delmart
Friday, October 12 2012, 4:55PM
“It's to late for student accommodation now that the University has given up an awful lot of office space to bring students into the center of the campus.”
by Nevman
Friday, October 12 2012, 4:51PM
“Bearing in mind that one of those bars closed and is now likely to become a supermarket, ChezGuevara, perhaps students don't drink quite as much as you seem to think.”
by ChezGuevara
Friday, October 12 2012, 4:41PM
“Yes, brilliant student accommodation right opposite the pubs. Not far to crawl out of their beds and into the bars .... before they study for their 3 hour weekly lectures provided by the Enterprising Educational Facility.”