£200,000 guide price for Eagle Works once owned by Little Mix singer and footballer in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton's historic Eagle Works once owned by a celebrity couple is set to go under the hammer after being put on the market with a £200,000 guide price.
The rundown site at the corner of Great Brickiln Street and Alexandra Street is standing empty and was previously thought to have been owned by footballer Andre Gray and Little Mix singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock. It was most recently home to an artists’ studio at the front and a car repair workshop.
Now developers Eagle Works Wolverhampton Ltd based in Dudley Road has got planning permission to convert the premises into a mixture of self-contained one, two and three-bedroom apartments and studio flats has put the site on the auction market.
Planning permission was granted for conversion, extension or partial demolition to create 48 self-contained apartments with associated window door alterations, parking and landscaping. Stripping out and other preparation work including stabilisation has already been carried out and the yard cleared.
The proposals are for one studio , 24 one bedroom and 23 two bedroom flats.
Built more than 100 years ago the three-storey property near Sainsburys in Raglan Street has also been home to the Reliance Hemp and Flax Mill, a mattress and textile factory, a bicycle factory and a brass and gun metal foundry.
The auction is due to be held remotely later this month by London based property company Savills.
