A village pub could be revived, if a new owner can be found with the expertise to turn it around.

The Waterfall Inn Country Pub on Shore Road, Glen Maye, has been subject to a planning application that would have seen it turned into housing. But this was rejected by planners.

Estate agent DeanWood is handling the sale and described it as ’an excellent business opportunity for an individual with the foresight and ability to rejuvenate this potential country pub’.

In its listing, the building is described as benefiting ’from its natural surroundings along with its immediate proximity to a national glen leading down to the scenic coastline of Glen Maye beach’.

It was also noted the pub has a large parking area in front of it and a beer garden at the top of the glen.

DeanWood added: ’The property would benefit from some modernisation and refurbishment but represents a fantastic opportunity to re-establish one of the foremost country locations on the island for food and drink.’

It has four bedrooms, a kitchen, lounge and bathroom as well as a potential fifth bedroom in the attic, which had been used for storage in the upstairs private accommodation.

The pub downstairs has a large lounge/restaurant area, kitchen, toilets and a cellar.

The building was built in about 1860 and had been operated as a pub/restaurant until its closure in 2014. Since closing, it has been the subject of a planning application (17/01189/B) by a company called Jim Limited.

The company had sought to demolish the pub and replace it with four terraced houses.

This was finally rejected by planners who said: ’It has not been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the planning committee that the premises are not commercially viable or could not be made so.’

Patrick Commissioners were among those to object to the application.

The board had questioned the plan and said the pub was still ’capable of bringing back into use’.

Jim Limited said in its appeal of the initial rejection that the building was ’in a bad state of decay and this is getting worse’. It added the condition of the building was the reason why they ’struggled greatly to get public liability insurance for the building renewed’.

It went so far as stating that ’no insurance company on the island would insure the building’.