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£450,000

Stone Street, CT4

Use Class
Use Classes: E, Sui Generis

Key Features

  • Located on arterial road between Canterbury and Folkestone
  • Two-storey detached public house
  • Bar and three restaurant areas (60-75)
  • Spacious 4-5 bedroom accommodation
  • Garden and car park (25-30)
  • Currently closed, sold with vacant possession

Description

The Chequers Inn is located on the outskirts of the Kent village of Petham near Canterbury. The village is well-positioned on the edge of the North Downs Area of Natural Beauty approximately 5 miles south of the historic city of Canterbury.

The village is a short drive from the A2 dual carriageway linking Canterbury and Dover to North Kent and London via the M2 motorway, as well as the M20 motorway linking the Channel Tunnel terminal at Folkestone to London via the M25. The Chequers Inn is conveniently situated on the B2068 Stone Street, a busy arterial road between the M20 at Folkestone and Canterbury.

The Chequers Inn is a well-proportioned detached property of brick construction under a pitch tile roof with flat roof extension to rear.

The property comprises in brief:

GROUND FLOOR
- BAR: With oak flooring, exposed brickwork and traditional brick fireplace. Central brick-built bar servery. Potential to seat 25-30.
- SNUG: With electric fireplace and carpeted flooring. Potential to seat 10-15.
- DINING ROOM: With oak flooring and log burner. Potential to seat 25-30.
- GENTLEMEN'S TOILETS.
- LADIES TOILETS.
- TRADE KITCHEN: With extractor. Tiled walls and floors.
- DRY STORE/PANTRY: With stainless-steel double upright fridge and freezer.

BASEMENT
- CELLAR: Delivery drop to front of property.

FIRST FLOOR
Accessed from bar or via separate access to rear of property.
- MODERN FITTED KITCHEN.
- SHOWER & WC.
- LIVING ROOM/DOUBLE BEDROOM.
- TWO DOUBLE BEDROOMS.

SECOND FLOOR
- TWO DOUBLE BEDROOMS
- OFFICE

EXTERNAL
- CAR PARK: Space for 25-30 vehicles.
- TRADE GARDEN: Lawned and graveled. Two storage sheds.
- FRONT PARKING: For two vehicles.

The property has recently been let to a third-party, however the business is currently closed. No trade is sold or warranted. Historic accounts are not available.

Any interested party must make their own assumptions as to achievable trade figures giving regard to the location, size and style of the property.

A full premises licence is held.
Electricity and mains water connected.
Central heating and kitchen via LPG.

Rateable Value: £12,000
Local Authority: Canterbury City Council

FREEHOLD £450,000.
UNCONDITIONAL OFFERS ONLY.
SOLD AS SEEN WITH VACANT POSSESSION.

No direct approach to be made to the business, with all communications directed through Sidney Phillips.

Viewing strictly by appointment only.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-07-17

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

80 Mbps

Superfast · available to 92% of premises

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Petham Primary School833 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    99
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Stelling Minnis Church of England Primary School1.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    79
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Chartham Primary School3.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    380
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bridge and Patrixbourne Church of England Primary School3.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    416
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Wincheap Foundation Primary School3.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    429
    Type
    Foundation school

Secondary

  • Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys3.2 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,226
    Type
    Foundation school
    Gender
    Boys
  • St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury3.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,116
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School3.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,258
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Gender
    Girls
  • The Canterbury Academy4.2 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,984
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Barton Manor School4.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    596
    Type
    Free schools

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Morrisons Thanington Canterbury, Canterbury3.7 miles
Sainsburys Canterbury Old Dover Road Local, Canterbury3.7 miles
Iceland Thanington Canterbury, Canterbury3.9 miles

GP surgery

Old School Surgery3.4 miles

Pharmacy

Bridge Pharmacy3.4 miles

Hospital

The Bmi Chaucer Hospital3.3 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Chartham Rail Station3.3 miles

Nearest bus stop

The Chequers71 metres

Typical drive times

Hythe18 min · 13 miles
Fordwich14 min · 7.3 miles
Faversham18 min · 13 miles
Canterbury (city)8 min · 4.6 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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