* Residential Re - Development Opportunity
* Exceptional Views over the Tweed Estuary
* Proposals for a terrace of five three storey town houses
* Planning Ref 22/01820/ful is pending determination
* Total Gross Internal Area 1, 049. 07 sq m (11, 288 sq ft)
Residential Re - Development Opportunity
Exceptional Views over the Tweed Estuary
Proposals for a terrace of five three storey town houses
Planning Ref 22/01820/ful is pending determination
Total Gross Internal Area 1, 049. 07 sq m (11, 288 sq ft)
Offers over £450, 000 are invited (as a whole)
Offers over £100, 000 are invited per individual unit Ref. GC1184
General Information
These premises occupy a prime position within Spittal to the south of Berwick -
Upon - Tweed with exceptional views over the Tweed Estuary.
Spittal is a on a beautiful stretch of Coastline with family - friendly sandy
beach, play - park and a splash - park, amusements, café and amenities within the
Venetian Pavilion. The Victorian promenade stretches along the sea front,
enabling visitors to take in the fresh North Sea air and views the Lighthouse,
the Elizabethan Walls, the Tweed Estuatry, Berwick town and beautiful Coastal
vistas.
The beach connects onto the Northumberland Coastal Path heading south towards
Holy Island and onto The Sandstone Way – a long distance mountain bike route
from Berwick to Hexham.
Berwick - upon - Tweed is situated in Northumberland approximately equi - distance
between Edinburgh to the north and Newcastle - upon - Tyne to the south (sixty -
five miles each way). Whilst a relatively small town with a population of
approximately 14, 000 it is an important local centre serving a wide rural
hinterland in North Northumberland and the eastern Scottish Borders with an
approximate catchment area of around 42, 000.
It is served by both the A1 trunk road and the main line East Coast Railway
Network providing regular access to Edinburgh and Newcastle - upon - Tyne
(approximately forty - five minutes each way) and London (approximately three
and a half hours each way). There are airports at both Edinburgh and
Newcastle - upon - Tyne providing domestic and international scheduled flights.
Berwick - upon - Tweed benefits from an active commercial harbour. The port can
currently take vessels up to 90 meters in length with maximum beam height of
16 meters and draughts of up to 4. 5 meters. The town has recently started to
Welcome passenger cruise ships with the first Island Sky dropping anchor of
Spittal Beach on 21 July 2021 and the Spirit of Discovery on 22 July 2021.
Although a small town, Berwick offers a good range of retail and recreational
facilities with a £20 million investment ongoing to renew The Swan Fitness and
Wellness Centre a short distance west of this site. The population within a
ten - mile radius was recorded as 27, 323 in 2019. The town benefits from a
significant tourism sector with the population reported to approximately
double during peak summer season.
History
The site was utilised as a Herring yard following the apparent migration of
Herring processing from Tweedmouth to Spittal in the late eighteenth and early
nineteenth century with a Mr Boag of George Boag and Son, running the first
registered business on the site, with records from around 1822 until 1847 to
1855 where Robert Boston of Boston Brothers took over the site. It is assumed
that they converted the existing Smokehouses around this time.
The curing and exporting of herrings in Victorian times became a major
industry in the town. In the nineteenth century and early twentieth century,
vast numbers of herrings were landed from herring - drifters at Carr Rock and
the nearby old Fish - Quay in Spittal.
Boston Brothers became the largest Herring processers in the Spittal area,
they carried on at the site with a peak of around 100 workers until the
Herring market crashed in the 1920/30’s, where Boston Brothers entered into
administration.
The site was transferred into the ownership of R Boston and Sons who let the
buildings to the Berwick Shellfish Company who continued to trade from the
premises until the late 1980s.
Description
A clear span unit with render faced solid header brick walls to outer
elevations under an insulated pitched roof clad in corrugated fibre cement
incorporating translucent roof lights. The building has a solid floor
throughout. There is a later single storey extension to the West.
The Single Storey flat roofed (low profile) extension is positioned to the
West of the original factory unit bounding Dock Road to the West. This unit is
built into the banking with slightly lower finished floor level than Dock
Road. External walls are of solid header brick construction with pillars
supporting an ‘oversized’ steel roof structure finished in corrugated sheeting
with a fibre glass external finish. This was designed with potential to
accommodate a first - floor extension above. There is a rendered external finish
to the Dock Road and courtyard elevations. The unit has a solid floor. The
visible rainwater goods are of cast iron specification.
Rainwater goods are predominantly of fibre cement specification.
Internally, the unit has been subdivided with brick dividing walls to form
five separate units. Lighting predominantly comprises, suspended florescent
units.
Dimensions: Eaves height is c. 4. 15m; Ridge height is c. 7. 15m; Bay Spacing is
c. 4. 25m.
Units 1 and 2 are currently occupied on Licences. The other units have
recently been vacated. Further information is available to interested parties
following registration and viewing.
Development Proposals
Planning Consent Reference 22/01820/ful has been submitted in relation to the
proposed alterations and conversion of the buildings to form five dwelling
houses.
The proposal plans provide for conversion and alteration of the existing
structure to form a terrace of five houses, each providing accommodation over
three floor levels with roof terraces overlooking the Tweed Estuary.
Accommodation
On the basis of the proposal plans the accommodation would provide:
No. 1 (West):
Ground Floor: Entrance Hall: Living room: Bedroom with Walk - in Wardrobe and
en - suite Shower room/ WC; Study; Boot room with plant room off; WC; External
door to rear. Covered Parking for two cars.
First Floor: Landing; Kitchen with open plan living room and dining area;
Bedroom with En - suite Shower room/ WC; Bedroom 3; Bathroom/WC.
Attic Level: Landing; Bedroom 4; Bedroom 5; Bathroom/ WC.
Nos. 2, 3 and 4 (Terrace to Middle) each have the same layout comprising:
Ground Floor: Entrance Hall: Bedroom with Walk - in Wardrobe and en - suite Shower
room/ WC; Study; Utility room; plant room; WC; External door to rear. Covered
Parking for two cars.
First Floor: Landing; Kitchen with open plan living room and dining area;
Bedroom with En - suite Shower room/ WC; Bedroom 3; Bathroom/WC.
Attic Level: Master Suit with en - suite shower room/WC.
No. 5 (East):
Ground Floor: Entrance Hall: Living room: Bedroom with Walk - in Wardrobe and
en - suite Shower room/ WC; Bedroom 2 with ensuite shower room/WC; WC; External
door to rear. Covered Parking for two cars.
First Floor: Landing; Kitchen with open plan living room and dining area;
Bedroom Two Bedrooms; Bathroom/WC.
Attic Level: Master Suit with en - suite shower room/WC.

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