The Conran Street Market site in Harpurhey is set to go up for auction this month, with a guide price of £450,000.
Operating as a market for over a century, the site, which extends to almost an acre, will feature among more than 80 other properties and plots of land in the next online auction to be held by Pugh, part of Eddisons, on 30 July.
Conran Street Market, which was run, along with Frodsham Market in Cheshire, by family business Northern Markets, was a fixture of the Harpurhey community, with over 50 stalls selling new and second-hand clothing, carpets, and fruit and vegetables among other goods, as well as having a market café on the site.
Now the land and brick-built market buildings are up for auction and Pugh auctioneers believe it could provide an opportunity for much needed new housing to be built, subject to planning consent. “Although it’s always sad to see a community asset such as a market go, there is an urgent need for quality new housing stock in Harpurhey,” said Ed Feather, a director at Pugh.
“The area immediately surrounding the market site is mainly residential, so a new development would be in keeping with this neighbourhood. It’s in an excellent location, just four miles north of Manchester city centre and right next to the pleasant 45-acre green space of Moston Vale.”
He added: “Central Park business park is also nearby, with a growing workforce and a resulting demand for quality accommodation.”
Artwork by graffiti artists on the wall of the main market building will be safeguarded as a community cultural asset as part of the sale, either by incorporation into any new development or by relocation to a new site in Harpurhey.
This month’s Pugh auction, which includes the Conran Street Market site, has new lots added daily and will be held online on 30 July.
