Two former schools and two  former toilets are among a  total of 15 properties and plots  being sold by a cash-strapped  council to try and raise some  money.

This is the most recent sale of  assets by Gwynedd Council  which has to find £40m in cuts  over three years in its £300m  budget.

The former schools are Ysgol  Glanypwll, Blaenau Ffestiniog  which was more recently used  as a factory and rugby club and  Ysgol Coed Menai special  school, Treborth near Bangor  which has been on sale for a  while. The two former toilets  are at Llandderfel, near Bala,  and Barmouth.

In other places, former conveniences have been transformed and used as delis or  ice-cream parlours.

The other buildings are Ty  Meirion, formerly known as  London House, a Grade II listed  building over four floors in Eldon Square, Dolgellau; five  building plots at Penygroes industrial estate and two at Celynin Road, Llwyngwril.

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Corporate property senior  manager Dafydd Gibbard said:  “It’s not exactly sale of the century but these are assets the  council is not using any more  and are costing to run. We can’t  afford to waste any money and  the proceeds  will go towards  building and maintaining services, schools and roads.”

Mr Gibbard said the Victorian, stone-built Ysgol Glanypwll  had been empty for a number of  years. There is no guide price  and the sale will be by tender.

Offers are invited for two  building plots at Ffordd Celynin, Llwyngwril where planning  approval has been given to two  three-bedroomed homes subject to a 106 local person condition.

Ty Meirion is a large,  stone-built property built as a  goods emporium for a London  merchant. It has several original  features remaining including  cornices, pelmets and doors.

 The ground floor and cellar  are presently leased out to the  Snowdonia National Park as a  tourist information centre.

 It has guide price of a very  reasonable £120,000.

 One other asset is described  as Unit 3, Aberamffra harbour,  Barmouth.

 Unit 3 is a slate-roofed  lock-up unit near the harbour at  Barmouth. Other units near by have been used as storage by  fishermen.

 For let is the harbourmaster’s  office in Pwlheli which has  “lovely views” of the harbour  and could be used as a business  to launch boats.

Gwynedd has sold a number  of other properties subject to  contract including Canolfan  Dinorwig, former council depot at Llan Ffestiniog and  former Bron y Graig, residential  home, Bala.

 In the recent past, Gwynedd  has sold off a toll house, numerous former schools as well  as cinemas, a former mortuary,  homes for the elderly, clinics,  depots and 25 loos in a bid to  balance the books.