The building that has been home to a beloved cake shop for 35 years is available to rent as the "last of its kind" patisserie prepares to close its doors.

Amanda Harris and Sally Churcher have run Crafty Cakes on Bridge Road in Woolston for the past three decades - a custom cake shop where all orders are taken down with pen and paper.

Crafty Cakes has never had a website and still takes all orders on pen and paper.

Sally Churches and Amanda Harris have run Crafty Cakes in Woolston for the last 35 years, but are now moving onSally Churches and Amanda Harris have run Crafty Cakes in Woolston for the last 35 years, but are now moving on. (Image: Newsquest) After the independent business survived two recessions, two major floods, six burglaries, the covid pandemic and the cost of living crisis, the women are now preparing to hang up their oven gloves on May 17.

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The three-yearly lease for the shop expires this month, which the duo say has brought a "natural conclusion" to the business, and now the building has hit the market again.

Estate agents Primmer Olds BAS are now advertising the building at £833 per month, an annual cost of just under £10,000.

The back garden and garage/workshop at the building home to Crafty Cakes.The back garden and garage/workshop at the building home to Crafty Cakes. (Image: Primmer Olds BAS / Zoopla) The building comes with two allocated parking spaces and is described as occupying a "prominent roadside position".

A small garden and workshop sits at the rear of the main property, and the 364-square foot building also has toilet facilities.

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Speaking to the Echo in March, Amanda said that they had seen "so many people crying in the shop" after they announced that they planned to shut down.

Dummy versions of the cakes being sold at Crafty Cakes.Dummy versions of the cakes being sold at Crafty Cakes. (Image: Newsquest) The baking duo are well known for making caricatures of people as one of their signature bakes, crafted purely from a description of a person often given over the phone.

In March, Sally said: “Five people last week, they excused themselves, one lady said she was so sorry, went out of the shop to cry and came back in.

“It’s promoted a huge emotional response that we hadn’t thought of at all.”

Amanda explained that because all orders are done in person or over the phone, she thinks that the “really personal” service the shop provides is what keeps customer coming back.