Former social club and bank to go up for auction

North East Lincolnshire Council is putting the two buildings up for auction later this month

An ex-social club and bank in Grimsby will be auctioned off later this month.

Guide prices for the former New Standard Club in Freshney Drive and 131-135 Cleethorpe Road have been listed at £150,000 and £50,000 respectively.

According to a report, both buildings, which are owned by North East Lincolnshire Council, are "liabilities", with the Cleethorpe Road premises being in an "extremely poor rate of repair" and the former club having "recently suffered some anti-social behaviour".

They will go through public auction with Pugh Auctions, part of Eddisons, between 26 and 27 August.

The former social club, which is a single-storey building, has a footprint of approximately 570 sq m and its own car park.

The council document said the lease was forfeited and it took back ownership of the now vacant building in November.

The lease for the bank at 131-135 Cleethorpe Road, comprising 271 sq m with a car park, was forfeited last summer and would need "significant investment" to bring it back into use, the authority added.

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, if the minimum accepted sale prices are reached, the sales would be achieved within 28 days of the auction.

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