A FLOURISHING village pub with "potential for growth" is on the market.

The two-storey Westbury Inn, in Westbury-sub-Mendip, near Wells, is being marketed by Christie & Co with a price of £680,000.

The two-storey period stone building features a bar area and restaurant on the ground floor.

The bar area caters for drinkers and casual diners and is served by a single bar counter, while the restaurant can double as a private function room.

Outside the front is a trade garden and customer car park and to the rear is a landscaped garden with a water feature.

The agents say an area to the back of the plot could be developed, perhaps to create letting accommodation, subject to permissions.

The first floor comprises three ensuite bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen diner, and a large lounge for private accommodation.

The agent said: "There's an opportunity to reconfigure this space to create a one bedroom (ensuite) owner's flat with a kitchen/diner and converting the remaining bedrooms into letting accommodation and repurposing the existing lounge for the same, subject to necessary permissions."

The pub also features a commercial kitchen, ladies and gents toilets and a beer cellar.

All fixtures and fittings are included in the sale.

The agent added: "The pub currently has a robust business, emphasising quality food and local drink sales, with potential for growth through increased promotion of its food and function offerings and extending trading hours.

"Given its location in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, there's an opportunity to expand by developing letting rooms on the first floor or through a rear extension - both subject to permission - which could attract more customers and introduce a new income stream."

The Westbury Inn currently trades Wednesday to Sunday from 12noon to 11pm.