The Unicorn & Annexe, Bath Road, Melksham, Wiltshire
- Use Class
- Use Class: E
Key Features
- Full or partial change of use from long closed public house.
- The plan offers at least 2 income streams.
- Retain a small easily managed pub
- Separate Annexe available to hire
- All mains services have been reconnected
- VAT is applicable
- Historical Building Appraisal available.
- Full building survey plans and elevations set available
- Site cleared for parking and garden
- Consideration given to a joint development
Description
Charity or Business Opportunity
Currently next to Lidl and opposite an approved new 600 plus units housing estate.
The former Unicorn Bar and Restaurant is currently offered as a doer-upper for a sociable business or developer or to include a contractors near site office. The building retains part of the classical Georgian frontage. The rear has mixed single storey additions suited for alternative use.
The pub was created from a terrace of 3 weavers cottages, 3 storeys single cell with additions. In the 1960s the 3rd cottage was demolished and replaced by a 2 storey building to house pub toilets on the ground floor with a domestic kitchen and bath room above . Access to a possible self contained annex is from the Old Broughton Road side.
Main services have been reconnected. The site is waiting to provide new opportunities that will fit with a Grade II listing. At least 4 parking spaces
Grade II listed.
The former concept was two-fold.
1: retain a single bar wet led pub with a 2 bed room flat and store on the top floor, This floor is expected to have tie bars to hold the bulge in the walls. A Structural Engineers report is available. The floor joists and ceilings require attention with damage caused by cannabis farming and fire damage in the former trade kitchen. This had been a brew house. The toilets will be the front part of the existing pub toilets.
The servery is designed to be in this room with accesses reopened that had been closed many years past. The public will have access to the proposed beer garden
2: A second income stream from The Annexe. The entrance is by the side door. The remaining trade toilet is for The Annexe, and a tea point or kitchenette located in the space remaining in the restricted corridor. The former saloon bar has been stripped out. The openings that had been made to the former restaurant will need closing. This room is seen as a contractors meeting room, and available to hire with parking.
New 3 phase electricity supply. New water supply. Gas meter by The Annexe
The building requires a lot of work. Some windows are in poor shape. A chimney require reducing and tie bars fitted. A buyer will find it helpful to be on good terms with appropriate officers in Wiltshire Council if considering future change of use, such as residential.
Architects plans will be made available
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-09-17
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
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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
5.5 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 50% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
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
- River Mead School505 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 261
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- The Manor CofE VC Primary School548 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 121
- Type
- Academy converter
- Aloeric Primary School949 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 360
- Type
- Academy converter
- Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School1.1 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 460
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Shaw CE Primary School1.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 189
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Melksham Oak Community School1.5 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,058
- Type
- Academy converter
- The Corsham School4.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,427
- Type
- Academy converter
- St Augustine's Catholic College5.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 912
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- St Laurence School5.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,378
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England/Christian
- The John of Gaunt School5.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,295
- Type
- Academy converter
* 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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
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
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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
Surface water
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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