Russell Street, Dover, Kent, CT16
- Bedrooms
- 9
- Use Class
- Use Classes: A4, Sui Generis
Key Features
- Central location in Dover
- Close to Port of Dover and retail areas
- Three-storey Grade II listed public house
- Ground floor bar
- Nine bedrooms over three floors
- Suitable for alternative uses (STPP)
- Freehold or new free-of-tie lease
Description
The Castle Inn is situated in the Kentish port town of Dover. The town acts a vital gateway to Europe and has been developing and expanding in the recent years to accommodate new workers coming to the area. The property itself sits on Russell Steet, next to St James Retail and Leisure Park, which houses a number of national retail and food outlets, and brings strong levels of pedestrian and vehicular footfall to the area.
Dover sits at the southern end of the M20 which provides fast road access to Ashford, Maidstone and London. Main line railway services are available from nearby Dover Priory with services to Ashford International (with HS1 services into St Pancras International), London Bridge and London Charing Cross.
The Castle Inn is a three-storey Grade II listed public house understood to date from 1789. The property is presented to a shell standard throughout.
GROUND FLOOR:
- BAR: With stripped wood flooring, log burner and bar servery.
- GENTLEMEN'S TOILETS.
- LADIES' TOILETS.
- KITCHEN.
- TWO DOUBLE BEDROOMS.
- DOUBLE BEDROOM with EN SUITE SHOWER: in outbuilding.
FIRST FLOOR
- TWO DOUBLE BEDROOMS with EN SUITE SHOWERS.
- DOUBLE BEDROOM.
- BATHROOM.
SECOND FLOOR
- THREE DOUBLE BEDROOMS.
- SHOWER and WC ROOM.
EXTERNAL
- YARD.
The property does not have an associated Premises Licence.
All mains services are connected.
Local Authority: Dover Council
Rateable Value: £8,000
Rateable Value from April 2026: £7,900
FREEHOLD £395,000 + VAT
or alternatively:
LEASEHOLD
PREMIUM: Nil premium.
TERM: By negotiation up to seven years.
LANDLORD & TENANT ACT 1954: Inside Part II Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 .
ASSIGNABILITY: Fully assignable subject to Landlord's consent.
DEPOSIT: A deposit equivalent to 3 months' rent in advance plus personal guarantors if the lease is taken as a Limited Company.
RENT: £30,000 per annum. Paid monthly in advance.
RENT REVIEW: Subject to rent reviews at market rent or RPI at a frequency to be agreed, dependent on length of lease.
REPAIR LIABILITY: Full repairing and insuring lease agreement.
TIE: Free-of-tie.
VAT: Will be payable on rental payments.
OPTION TO PURCHASE: By negotiation.
INSURANCE: The Landlord will insure the building, the cost of which will be charged to the Tenant by way of an Insurance Rent.
No direct approach to be made to the business; please direct all communications through Sidney Phillips.
Viewing strictly by appointment only.
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-01-29
Utilities & Restrictions
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Rights & Restrictions
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- Private Rights of Way
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Property Features
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- Parking
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- Garden
- Garden
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