Former school and toilet block among 32 Cornwall properties going to auction

Some of the lots have a guide price as low as £2k

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Abigail NicholsonContent Editor

05:00, 20 JAN 2025

In Newlyn, a character cottage in The Fradgan has a freehold guide of £150,000 plus (Image: Clive Emson)

Dozens of properties are going under the hammer including a former school, nightclub and even a block of toilets. Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers will be putting forward 174 lots in its first sale of 2025.

Some of the lots have a guide price as low as £2k, while other properties are set to be sold for almost half a million pounds. Some of the lots are in need of a complete renovation due to fire damage or having outdated decor.

There's plenty on offer from first time buyers looking to find and renovate their forever home, property investors and landlords looking to add to their portfolio and even business owners looking for a new shop on the high street.

Auctioneer David Henwood said: “There are a wide variety of lots in our first auction of 2025. They include land and property in Redruth offering a number of possibilities."

Former nightclub, The Office, is one of the properties going under the hammer with a guide price of £210,000. The venue was one of Cornwall's last remaining clubs but closed its doors in July 2023.

Auctioneers said it could remain as a nightclub but it also has planning permission from Cornwall Council for conversion into four flats and associated development, subject to conditions. The fire-damaged former school in St Austell, Carclaze Infants School, is also going under the auctioneer’s gavel with a freehold guide price of £50,000 to £70,000.

The first auction of eight in 2025 by the firm, founded 36 years ago, concludes on February 6, with bidding live from February 4.

Here are 32 of the properties going under the hammer in Cornwall.

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Truro
Land with planning permission for demolition and reconstruction of a fire-damaged mid-terrace house in St Thomas Road, Newquay, has a freehold guide of £70,000 to £80,000
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Truro
The Office, in St Mary’s Street, has planning permission from Cornwall Council for conversion into four flats and associated development, subject to conditions. The Office is being auctioned jointly with Miller Commercial.
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Truro
A leasehold flat in Goodern Drive has a guide of £100,000 plus. The two-bedroom second-floor apartment is within a purpose-built block and has designated parking. It is being sold with a new 999-year lease. The flat is being auctioned in arrangement with MAP Estate Agents.
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Truro
An end-terrace house with two bedrooms and a garage in Harcourt Close has a freehold guide of £70,000 to £80,000.
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Truro
A fire-damaged property in Trevose Road has a freehold guide of £20,000 to £30,000. It was formerly arranged as two flats in a semi-detached building. It has suffered significant damage and any future use of the building would be subject to all necessary consents being obtainable.
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Truro
A semi-detached house in Goodern Drive has a freehold guide of £270,000 plus. The three storey property has four bedrooms with potential for a fourth downstairs. It is being auctioned in arrangement with MAP estate agents.
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Penzance
In Newlyn, a character cottage in The Fradgan has a freehold guide of £150,000 plus. With two bedrooms, the property also requires improvement.

It is being auctioned in arrangement with Stacey Mann Estate Agents.
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Penzance
A semi-detached two-bedroom house in Mounts Bay Road, Penzance, has a freehold guide of £160,000 plus.

Auctioneer David Henwood said: “This property offers well-proportioned accommodation over two floors. It requires a comprehensive programme of improvement works which may appeal to local builders or an investor who wishes to renovate and make the property available for resale or letting.”

The house is being auctioned in arrangement with MAP Estate Agents.
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Penzance
An end-terrace in Wood Street, Penzance, with two bedrooms, has a freehold guide of £150,000 plus. It is being auctioned in arrangement with MAP Estate Agents.
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Penryn
In Brook Place, a semi-detached bungalow with one bedroom has a freehold guide of £25,000 plus.
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Ludgvan
Higher Carvossa Bungalow, at Blowing House Hill, Ludgvan, has a freehold guide of £140,000 plus. It is a detached two-bedroom property. It is being auctioned in arrangement with Stacey Mann Estate Agents.
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Penryn
A terraced two-bedroom house in The Praze is going under the gavel with a freehold guide of £50,000 to £60,000.
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Penryn
Cornwall Council has instructed the sale of Permarin Toilets, in Lower Market Street, with a freehold guide price of £10,000 to £15,000.
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Penryn
In Brook Place, a three-bedroom terraced house has a freehold guide of £75,000 plus. It has off- road parking and gardens.
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St Day
Freehold land in an elevated position at Telegraph Hill, St Day, has a guide of £28,000 to £32,000. Extending to about 0.45 hectares (1.11 acres), the site offers far reaching views across the Cornish countryside.

The land is being auctioned in arrangement with MAP Estate Agents.
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Portreath
In Tregea Terrace, Portreath, a two-bedroom terraced cottage has a freehold guide of £140,000 plus. It is being sold for the first time in many decades. The house is being auctioned in arrangement with MAP Estate Agents.
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Barncoose
Freehold land and roads at Barncoose Industrial Estate, Barncoose, have a guide of £2,000 to £3,000. The lot comprises separate sections spread across a mixed commercial and industrial area.

Part of the road provides access to the well-established Gateway Business Centre. Cornwall Council has instructed the sale.
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Redruth
An end-terrace three-bedroom house in Raymond Road with land has a freehold guide price of £50,000 to £60,000.
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Redruth
In Falmouth Road, Redruth, an end-terrace house with three bedrooms has a freehold guide of £120,000 to £130,00. Its large rear garden has a separate access from Gilly Hill.
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Fowey
A four-storey townhouse directly on the waterfront at Fowey is set to attract interest at auction. The house in Station Road, which has its own mooring for a dinghy of upto four metres, has a freehold guide price of £425,000 plus.
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Fowey
In Fowey, Shell Cottage in North Street, has a freehold guide of £195,000 plus. It was formerly used as a holiday let.
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St Austell
A ground floor flat for refurbishment at East Hill in St Austell has a leasehold guide of £50,000 plus. With one bedroom, it is part of a block of four apartments with communal parking. It is being sold with the remainder of a 99-year lease from 1990.
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St. Austell
Also placed for sale by the council, are two parcels of land off Burngullow Lane, High Street, St. Austell. Located next to a terrace of cottages, each has a freehold guide of £500.

One measures about 0.13 hectares (0.31 acres) and has an outbuilding. The other measures about 0.04 hectares (0.1 acres) and is being informally used a storage space.
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St Austell
A fire-damaged former school in St Austell is going under the auctioneer’s gavel with a freehold guide price of £50,000 to £70,000. Cornwall Council has instructed the sale of Carclaze Infants School, in Carclaze Road, on the edge of town.
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Roche
Cornwall Council has also instructed the sale of land off Trezaise Road, at Roche, St. Austell, has a freehold guide of £15,000 plus.

The parcel, which extends to 0.85 hectares (2.11 acres), comes with pre-application advice provided by the council in relation to a residential development scheme.
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Bodmin
In Bodmin, an end-terrace house in Margaret Crescent is listed at £50,000 plus. It has two bedrooms.
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Bodmin
In Bodmin, an end-terrace house in Margaret Crescent is listed at £50,000 plus. It has two bedrooms.
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Pelynt
At Pelynt, about four miles from Looe, a semi-detached house for improvement has a freehold guide of £50,000 plus. The property at Muchlarnick has three bedrooms.
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North Petherwin
A semi-detached bungalow in Hellescott Road, North Petherwin, is going under the gavel. It's in a state of disrepair and requires extensive improvement works.

It has one bedroom and a freehold guide of £27,500 plus.
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North Petherwin
A semi-detached bungalow in Hellescott Road, North Petherwin, is going under the gavel. It's in a state of disrepair and requires extensive improvement works.

It has one bedroom and a freehold guide of £27,500 plus.
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Liskeard
A high yielding, mixed-use property in Liskeard town centre which is fully let at £24,600 per annum is heading to auction. The property in Market Street – which comprises a ground floor commercial unit with three self-contained flats above - has a freehold guide price of £190,000 plus.
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Treburley
Cornwall Council has instructed sale of land including a roadway behind Sportsmans Close, in Treburley, directly next to houses. The freehold guide is £5,000 plus.
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