AN arson-hit former Dudley school is coming up at auction for £700k later this month with pictures showing the extent of the damage. The former Sir Gilbert Claughton School in Blowers Green Road has planning permission to be converted into 30 apartments. It will come up at an online SDL Property auction on Thursday May 27. It sold for £405k at an auction in May 2019 – more than double the original asking price of £200k - now its price tag has gone up after Dudley Council planners granted an application from Abbey Architecture to convert the building into 19 two-bedroom apartments, seven one bedroom apartments and four studio flats.
AN arson-hit former Dudley school that is in a poor condition and has lost most of its roof is to be converted into more than two dozen apartments. The former Sir Gilbert Claughton School in Blowers Green Road was ravaged in an arson attack which took place in July last year. But it looks like it will finally be given a new lease of life after planners at Dudley Council granted permission to convert the damaged building into 30 flats. Abbey Architecture put forward the successful planning application which will now see the building converted into 19 two-bedroom apartments, seven one bedroom apartments and four studio flats.