Queen Street, Gillingham
£250,000

DESCRIPTION
AUCTION
For sale by Public Auction and via Livestream on Friday 11
December 2026 at 2pm at The Digby Memorial Church Hall,
Digby Road, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3NL and via Livestream.
Register to bid in the room, online, by telephone or by proxy via our
website.
THE PROPERTY
An 3757 sq ft mixed-use property comprising a spacious, open-plan
restaurant and bar on the ground floor, complete with a fully
equipped commercial kitchen, cellar and customer WCs. The
ground floor has previously operated as a successful restaurant/bar
and further benefits from an attractive beer garden, accessed via
French doors from the main dining area, creating an excellent
indoor-outdoor entertaining space. The first floor offers
modernised residential accommodation, comprising a kitchen
opening into a generous sitting/dining room, three bedrooms and a
family bathroom. The residential accommodation benefits from it's
own access or from the restaurant.

LOCATION
Situated on Queen Street in the Dorset market town of Gillingham, the property is conveniently located for a range of local amenities,
including shops, supermarkets, cafés, public houses, healthcare facilities and schools. The town benefits from a mainline railway station providing services towards Salisbury and London Waterloo, while the A30 and A303 (c. 4 miles) offer access to the wider regional and national road network. Nearby towns include Mere
(approximately 3.5 miles), Shaftesbury (4.3 miles), Wincanton (6 miles), Sturminster Newton (8 miles) and Sherborne (12 miles),
providing further amenities and services.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AGENTS NOTES The property lies in Flood Risk Zone 2, with the garden in Flood Risk Zone 3. The neighbour at Ralton House has a pedestrian right over access over the garden. The property has the benefit of a right of access over the land to the north to provide access to Bay Road. There are various planning applications in the area, please refer to the Dorset Planning Portal for further information. SERVICES Mains electric, gas, water & drainage. Ultrafast broadband available, there is mobile coverage in the area, please refer to Ofcom’s website for more details. LOCAL AUTHORITY Dorset Council RV: £12,300 Flat Council Tax Band A SOLICITORS Trethowans Salisbury SP1 3HP 01722 412512 JOINT AGENTS Chaffers Estate Agents 01747 822233 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. AUCTION CONDITIONS OF SALE AND NOTES LEGAL AND INFORMATION PACK For full details please refer to the auction catalogue available online at www.symondsandsampson.co.uk/property-auctions A full legal pack can be purchased online. Please telephone the office below to check availability. We strongly recommend you instruct a solicitor to inspect the legal pack on your behalf. * Guides are provided as an indication of each seller's minimum expectation. They are not necessarily figures which a property will sell for and may change at any time prior to the auction. Each property will be offered subject to a Reserve (a figure below which the Auctioneer cannot sell the property during the auction). The reserve price is not disclosed and remains confidential between the seller and the auctioneer. Both the guide price and the reserve price can be subject to change up to and including the day of the auction. The ‘Reserve Price’ may exceed the ‘Guide Price’ listed. If so, it is customary for the ‘Reserve Price’ to exceed the guide price by no more than 10%. Additional Fees • The successful purchaser will be required to pay the Auctioneers a Purchaser's Administration Fee of £1,980 (£1,650 plus VAT) payable to Symonds & Sampson. For purchases of £50,000 or less the Administration fee will be £960 (£800 plus VAT). If two or more lots are offered together in the first instance, or lots are purchased under one contract, the administration fee will apply per lot and not per contract. The charge will apply to lots bought prior to and post auction. • In the event of non-payment or underpayment a deduction will be made from the deposit received. A VAT receipt will be issued in the name of the buyer. • Disbursements – Please see the legal pack for any disbursements listed that may become payable by the purchaser.