At first glance it’s an everyday convenience store on a busy village road. But behind the nondescript façade, it contains a wonderful secret – spectacular views of the West Pennine moors and beyond.
The owners of the long established J&S Convenience Store on New Street, Blackrod, are hoping to more than double the space of their shop and the living quarters above by extending into the next door house, according to a recent planning application.
In documents published by Bolton Council in support of the planning application, the owners say the current retail floorspace, at just 51 sq metres, is ‘too cramped’ and there is ‘barely enough space for customers to walk around’. But it’s in the plans for the upstairs living areas to be turned into a three-bed flat that the delightful secret of the premises is revealed.
