The village is very much “alive” and flourishing having around 1700 residents many of whom work in the county town of Hereford and has a strong sense of neighbourhood spirit with the pub being one of the villages’ community access points for broadband access. The pub lies close to the village church which attracts visitors all year along with the CASTLE RUINS (circa 1050) just 300 yards from the church which is one of only four castles built before Norman Conquest which saw the start of the golden age of castle building.

Opposite the pub is a flowing brook which is an affluent of the River Monnow which itself runs into the River Wye. The locale is popular all year for tourists, ramblers and general historic and country enthusiasts.

In the village you will find a store / post office, two butchers, School, dentist, surgery, Vets. Two garages, chippy, Three places of Worship and a library van, All within spectacular views of Open countryside

 All together a great place to live and work within.

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

 500 years of ENGLISH HISTORY has passed through this old village pub which is constructed of mellow stone under pitched roofs and adorned with hanging floral baskets making it “as pretty as a picture”, in deed “archetypical” of such classic traditional hostelries. Step back, enter and enjoy the flavour of bygone days and memories of country village life which is a much sort after “Shangri-La” in today’s fast moving society. Internally probably little has changed over the centuries except for the addition of modern creature comforts, and local teams inc: darts, pool, football & cricket. Low beamed ceilings, exposed brick and stone walls, timber pews and log burning fires, all that you would expect plus the atmosphere and welcome much missing in many such pubs today.

 The pub is a haven for REAL ALE DRINKERS and indeed it has mention within the CAMRA guides inc 2010 and has been nominated as Herefordshire’s Pub of the Year following on its success as Camra’s Real Ale Pub 2006, 07, 08, 09.10 And also CAMRA B&B GUIDE 2007-08-09.

There is a LOCALS BAR (50 plus vertical drinkers) with tiled floor and settles GAMES ROOM (20 plus vertical drinkers) with pool table and pub games along with a DINING AREA (15). CENTRAL BAR SERVERY has a full range of REAL ALE WICKETS and Bright beer pumps, being as you would expect the focal point of the pub (all the village gossip passes over this bar). CATERING KITCHEN is equipped with commercial units. BEER CELLAR is “roll in” on the ground floor. LADIES & GENTS facilities are provided.

OWNERS ACCOMMODATION – GUEST LETTINGS

Located to the first and second floors with ,to the top floor , 2 letting guest bedrooms and joint family bathroom with new D.G windows all round (could be used for either guest letting or 2nd family/Granny flat etc). The 1st floor having a private lounge, generously proportioned bedroom, lobby office, kitchen and large family bathroom with Spa Bath & separate shower, this then leads onto a private secluded roof garden, ideal for those “private moments” after closing.

EXTERNALS

To the side of the pub is a small covered patio area ideal for the provision of smoking arrangements and to the front of the property a timber benched area overlooking the brook, old bridge and lane leading to the historic church and castle ruins

A little bit of ENGLISH HEAVEN.

PREMISES LICENSES

The PREMISES LICENSE allows for openings of 10am through till 12pm all week except for Friday & Saturday which sees 1am available.

INCOME

The pub trades on 130 Barrels per year (real ale) And 145 Barrels of bright.

10 barrels of bottled beer 7 barrels of other ( pop’s etc)

( One barrel = 36 gallons )

470 litres of sprit

1250 bottles of wine

B&B, Food and Machine income will be available on viewing as with the accounts.

SERVICES

 The pub benefits from mains electric, water, sewage with heating by OIL. And multi fuel log burner in the bar.

BUYERS

 This fantastic business opportunity is only on the market due to the health of myself, when it was purchased in 2005 many improvements were made. This. Along with the right advertising has put The Dog on the map as it were. A free of tie lease of this length with private owners is unheard of in the trade and increase’s the value of the business far greater than the normal tied pub.

Before I purchased this business I looked at over 300 different pubs and viewed 40 of them driving 7000 miles in three months. After 30 years in this trade I knew what I wanted and had no intentions of settling for anything less. A hard working couple would reap the rewards as we have done with all the hard work done to build the business done for them. The buying power you have being free of tie gives you all the best discounts, this coupled with a very good bottom line makes it all worth while.

A pub of this type will increase in value every month as it is still a growing business so only an offer backed up with a large deposit will guarantee the purchase price offered.

 The accounts will only be available when viewing and will not be discussed over the phone at any time.