Constructed during the 1970s, Robert House comprises a four storey office building with small basement incorporating brick walls beneath a copper mansard / asphalted flat roof with a 23 space car park area to the rear. The building incorporates a self contained entrance to the ground floor at the front together with a secondary entrance nearby leading to a reception hallway and internal staircase / passenger lift to the upper floors.
The ground floor accommodation is currently used as a children’s nursery and has been fitted out accordingly. The remaining upper floor accommodation is fully fitted incorporating carpeted timber covered floors, plastered / painted walls and suspended ceilings. Heating is delivered via heat pumps which also provide cooling during the summer months. Concealed lighting units provide a good level of illumination throughout. Male and female toilet facilities together with kitchen / brew areas are available throughout the building. The building incorporates double glazed aluminium sash windows to the front and rear elevations together with mansard windows to the top floor, which provide a good level of natural lighting throughout. The entire building is alarmed and additional security shutters are installed to individual floors. A separate gas fired boiler is situated in the basement area, and provides hot water. A passenger lift enables access to all floors including the basement. Perimeter trunking throughout the accommodation incorporates computer cabling, power and telephone connections. The majority of the accommodation is open plan, however internal partitions on the upper floors provide a series of private offices / meeting room areas.
Location
Robert House is situated between Winckley Square and Ribblesdale Place, which comprises the centre of the prime professional office area within Preston city centre. Adjoining occupiers include various legal, accountancy and professional practices, together with HMRC offices and Lancashire County Council.
Accommodation
Schedule of Accommodation
The net internal floor area provides the following:-
Sq m Sq ft
Basement 45.52 490 23 car parking spaces are situated to the rear of the building.
Ground Floor 313.08 3,370
First Floor 353.02 3,800
Second Floor 353.02 3,800
Third Floor 337.69 3,635
Total 1402.33 15,095
Terms
The offices can be made available as a whole, floor by floor or in part, by way of a variable term effective full repairing and insuring lease at the commencing rental of:-
Floor Rent £ per annum exclusive Rent per sq ft
Basement - -
Ground 26,960 £8.00
First 30,400 £8.00
Second 30,400 £8.00
Third 29,080 £8.00
Total 116,840
Alternatively a single lease of the whole building can be arranged on terms to be agreed. In the event of single / part floor lettings a service charge will be payable in addition in respect of any costs incurred by the landlord arising from shared / common parts of the building. Substantial incentives by way of rent free / rising rentals are available subject to status.