Surrey independent furniture and accessories retailer No44 Furniture & Fine Things has closed after 56 years of trading.
Owner Paul Robertson and his wife Jayne have decided to end their weekly commute from their home in Suffolk to Cobham.
The Robertsons took over the business 14 years ago renaming it from Antics, as it was called under its previous owner Ken Needham.
The prominent position of the store on the roundabout on Portsmouth Road made it a local landmark.
‘We are extremely sad to be closing No44. It has been a highly successful furniture and home accessories store, in an excellent location in Cobham. However my wife and I have always lived in Suffolk and have travelled to Cobham weekly, staying locally, to oversee the running of the shop. We felt that with the current economic uncertainty it was the right time to simplify our lives and concentrate on our business in Suffolk,’ says Paul.
The store’s closing down sale generated six months of normal turnover.