JAMES A Baker, a firm of chartered surveyors in the licensed, leisure and commercial sectors of the property market, operates from offices in London, Bath, Birmingham and Wetherby.

Ranked in fifth place in the Most Active UK Agent in the Leisure & Hotels Sector by the Estates Gazette in February 2015, the company’s recent successful agency instructions in the North-East have included The Black Lion in Sedgefield, The Black Swan Inn in Northallerton, The Buck Inn in Sadberge and The Colliery Inn in Crook.

Included in the company’s businesses for sale at present are The Post Boy in Ferryhill and The Grapes Inn in Appleby in Westmorland.

The Post Boy is a characterful two-storey public house which enjoys a prominent main road position in the centre of Ferryhill.

An attractive and well maintained property, it offers scope to further develop the wet and dry trade as well as potential for redevelopment or conversion, subject to obtaining the necessary consents.

The Grapes Inn in Appleby is a grade II listed public house with a good-sized ground floor trading area and three letting rooms. The inn enjoys a prominent main road position and could be redeveloped for alternate use, subject to obtaining the necessary permissions.

For more information please contact call 0113 8800850 or email Andrew Dixon on andrewdixon@jamesabaker.co.uk or Sam Potrykus on sam@jamesabaker.co.uk.