The Plough back up for sale at £450,000

Grade II-listed A4 pub needs revamp after being vacant for years

A FORMER Thatcham pub is back on the market.

The Plough was last auctioned in February with a guide price of £410,000 but the building failed to sell.

The freehold for the pub, on the A4 Chapel Street junction with Stoney Lane, is up for sale again, this time with a price of £450,000.

Agent CSJ Property says The Plough would suit a variety of uses, including redevelopment, subject to the relevant consents.

Marketing information says the building is an attractive Grade IIlisted public house situated in a prominent position.

It has reasonable-sized trading areas with a first-floor threebedroom flat, garden and car park providing approximately 13 parking spaces.

It adds that the property has been vacant for a number of years and would require refurbishment before being occupied.

The 17th-century pub, with 19thcentury additions, was closed in 2017 by Ei Group, formally Enterprise Inns, which said that The Plough did not have a long-term future within its business.

It sold at auction for £345,000 in November 2017, but the building has remained empty and no plans were submitted for it.

The pub freehold and its 0.25 acres is up for sale.

The ground floor comprises two defined trading areas with central servery, customer toilets, kitchen and cellar.

The first floor includes a living room, three bedrooms and bathroom.

A trade garden with space for 30 covers and a car park is also included.

Research conducted by Thatcham historian Dr Nick Young places the earliest confirmed record for pub use back to Edward Farrow in 1795.

It stayed with the Farrow family until c1860.

In November 1888 the body of an infant was discovered in the roof.

In 1894, Thatcham Football Club played its first recorded match, using the nearby Plough Inn as its base.