Commercial property insurance in Marlborough

Commercial property in Marlborough centres on the listed premises of its wide historic high street, with retail, hospitality and a tourism trade. Heritage reinstatement drives the cover.

The commercial property landscape in Marlborough

Marlborough is a Wiltshire market town known for its broad historic high street of listed and colonnaded buildings, with independent retail, hospitality and tourism. Heritage stock carries much of the value.

What a good policy covers

• Machinery, stock and contents on the correct basis.
• Business interruption tied to a realistic recovery period.
• Damage by fire, water, storm, subsidence, impact and theft.

What matters for Marlborough property

• Listed high-street reinstatement. The colonnaded and period buildings carry reinstatement costs well above a modern equivalent.
• Independent retail and hospitality. Footfall, plate glass and tourism-led, seasonal trade.
• Adjoining heritage premises. Tightly built listed stock raises shared-wall fire-spread considerations.
• Mixed use above shops. Accommodation over retail needs clear occupation wording.

A Marlborough example

A worked example: a fire in a listed colonnaded shop spreads along the connected roof space to the premises next door. Reinstating the protected frontage is slow and costly, and both owners lose trade, so reinstatement values and indemnity periods must reflect the heritage rebuild rather than a modern one.

The way we work a placement

1. Independent sense-check of the reinstatement sum insured.
2. Location and peril assessment for the specific address.
3. Business-interruption period matched to recovery, not a default 12 months.

Gaps that catch owners out

• The sum insured drifting below rebuild cost over time.
• No allowance for demolition, debris removal and fees.
• Business interruption bought without enough indemnity period.

Frequently asked

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