Groeslon, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL54

Inigo Jones Slate Works
A well-known landmark site, steeped in history, and situated on a busy road.

This significant site, measuring some 2.9 acres includes a range of traditional workshops and stores, a modern show room and visitor centre, café and farm shop, and benefits from extensive visitor car parking. The site is accessed directly off the A487, some 5 miles from Caernarfon and approximately 1 mile from the settlement of Penygroes. The A487 is the main North-South trunk road and has many vehicles a day passing at this point. The property also adjoins Lon Eifion, the section of the National Cycle Network connecting Caernarfon with Bryncir. This significant site offers potential for both a continuation of the current business as well as opportunities for diversification and redevelopment.

Founded in 1861 on the grounds of a former sawmill, Inigo Jones Slateworks originally started crafting school writing slates. Since then, the company has flourished, diversifying its products to include slate architectural items, memorials, and gifts crafted from indigenous Welsh slate which are transported across the UK and further afield. The slate works has become a beacon of tourism and education; visitors can embark on self-guided tours, immersing themselves in the exhibitions which showcase geological phenomena, historical connections, intricate artistry, calligraphy, and letter cutting – all associated with the slate industry. On-site amenities, open to passing trade, include a showroom and visitor centre offering a showcase of local crafts, a popular café and a farm shop (tenanted until 2025) offering fresh produce.

Services

Mains services include electricity and water. LPG heating to part. Private drainage system.

Accounts

Available on request.

Tenure

We have been informed the tenure is freehold with vacant possession upon completion of sale. Vendor’s solicitors should confirm title.

Legal Costs

Each party will be responsible for their own legal costs incurred in this transaction

VAT

Prices, outgoings and rentals are exclusive of, but may be liable to, VAT.

EPC

A full copy of the reports are available from the selling agents or:

Rates

We understand from our enquiries of the VOA website that the premises have a Rateable Value of £18,750. Café RV: £2,800. Dafydd Hardy gives no warranty that the values supplied or the sums of money expressed as being payable are accurate and the assignee should make their own enquires with the Local Rating Authority to confirm the figures quoted are correct.

Money Laundering Regulations

To help combat fraud and money laundering we are obliged to verify the identity of any proposed purchasers once a sale has been agreed and prior to instructing solicitors. This is a legal requirement.

Disclaimer

Dafydd Hardy Estate Agents Limited for themselves and for the vendor of this property whose agents they are give notice that: (1) These particulars do not constitute any part of an offer or a contract. (2) All statements contained in these particulars are made without responsibility on the part of Dafydd Hardy Estate Agents Limited. (3) None of the statements contained in these particulars are to be relied upon as a statement or representation of fact. (4) Any intending purchaser must satisfy himself/herself by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of the statements contained in these particulars. (5) The vendor does not make or give and neither do Dafydd Hardy Estate Agents Limited nor any person in their employment has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property. (6) Where every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of the floorplan contained here, measurements of doors, windows, rooms and any (truncated)