A quirky coffee shop has closed in Padiham just six months after opening.
Crawshawbooth father and son, Sean and Bailey Routh, opened The Workshop at an industrial unit in July earlier this year.
They used to work at the unit as metal fabricators but decided to transform their workshop and open a coffee shop after a fall in trade.
They gave themselves a time limit of six months to see if the shop would make money selling coffee.
Posting on Facebook, Sean and Bailey said: "After such an amazing journey, it is time to close the doors for the final time on The Workshop.
"We love what we do and have been doing but putting our business heads on it is just not sustainable for us at this time.
"Thank you so much to every person that has been onboard and supported us anyway that can, it will always be appreciated."
Inside the shop, which was located at Unit 21 in the Riverside Mill, in Fleetwood Road, most items were upcycled and sold to bidders, including a classic Fiat x19 car.
As well as specialty coffee, the coffee shop sold food such as full English breakfasts and jacket potatoes.
As December approached, Sean also spoke on Facebook that heating costs were an issue in the unit as it was 'freezing' and footfall would decrease even more in the winter months.
Artist Rebecca Taylor Murray ran her 'Making the Uncomfortable, Comfortable' exhibition at the coffee shop last weekend.
She had initially planned to establish an art studio within the venue, but after its closure was announced in November, Rebecca seized the opportunity to display her artwork to the public at the venue one last time.
Sean continued: "We tried it, we gave it a good go and we appreciate everyone who has come down and go on board with it and enjoyed it, but there is just not enough people.
"The amount of work in it was ridiculous with not much reward, but we stop with our heads held high in a really cool coffee shop."
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