Cock Inn

Are you an experienced pub operator looking for an historic village pub & restaurant with a strong community feel and established destination dining trade in rural Kent? Due to retirement, and for the first time in over sixteen years, Shepherd Neame is seeking new tenants to take on the Cock Inn in Boughton Monchelsea and build on its excellent reputation.

Just three miles south of Maidstone town centre and within easy reach of Leeds Castle and Linton Park, Boughton Monchelsea enjoys an attractive setting on a ragstone ridge between the North Downs and the Weald of Kent. The village combines beautiful countryside surroundings with a genuine community feel, supported by a village green, primary school, recreation ground and post office.

As the only pub in the village, the Cock Inn is perfectly placed at the heart of local life whilst also drawing destination diners from Maidstone and the wider Kent area. Its friendly atmosphere, already loyal wet trade and strong reputation for traditional home-cooked fayre, provides an excellent platform for an operator to further develop both sides of the business.

Internally it has everything that you would expect from a traditional country pub including exposed beams, cosy corners and a roaring log burner fire, providing a charming, warm and welcoming feel. It offers a central feature bar servery, the more relaxed main bar area for 40 covers, a separate restaurant dining room, which can also double up as private event space, for approx.60 covers and a good-sized trade kitchen. A patio area to the front of the property allows you to cater for further outside covers dining during the fairer weather and the large private customer car park supports the ability to further drive the destination dining custom.

The spacious tenants private accommodation is set out on the first floor of the property and includes three double bedrooms, a lounge, kitchen and two bathrooms.

The Cock Inn is looking to start the next chapter in its history and it is available immediately with flexible agreement options available to include a traditional tenancy or a partnership agreement. Moving forward it needs an experienced, hands-on pub operator with a clear vision for its food and drink offer, community engagement and longer-term growth. There is real scope to strengthen its role as the village hub through regular events, quizzes, themed evenings and seasonal activity, while using effective marketing and social media to further promote the pub as a warm, traditional Kent village inn with a strong destination dining appeal.

To view and download the full trading information and letting details for this site, please click on the following link: https://snea.me/CockInnBoughtonMonChelseaKent

Viewings are by appointment only, so for more information or to arrange a formal viewing of this site, please contact the tenancy recruitment team on 01795 542132 or email us at tenancyrecruitment@shepherdneame.co.uk