John Howard at the former YMCA.

Caroline Culot, property editor
Friday, November 14, 2014

6:50 PM

Part of the former YMCA on St Giles Street in Norwich is to be auctioned

Part of the Norwich’s former YMCA historic building is back up for sale – but now with planning permission to create a six bedroom house.

As previously reported, the former YMCA building on St Giles Street was snapped up in January this year by Fine Country managing director and property developer John Howard. He was planning to create four separate houses from the buildings which were first bought by Jeremiah James Colman in 1886.

The buildings are an interconnecting pair of Grade II star listed town houses boasting about 40 bedrooms and steeped in history. After taking almost a year to gain planning for the project, Mr Howard has decided to put the part of the building which will form the largest of the houses, number 46, into the Auction House sale with a guide price of £350,000.

“We have the other three to do and because we have had so much interest in the larger one, I decided to put it in the auction,” said Mr Howard.

The YMCA, Young Men’s Christian Association, on St Giles, saw evacuees from the great flood of 1912 walk through its doors as well as soldiers from two world wars.

It closed as the YMCA when the association relocated to newer premises in the city last year.

The auction will take place on December 10 at the Dunston Hall Hotel.

Other lots include 10-12 Princes Street, Norwich, for sale for a guide price of £175,000 to £200,000. This Grade II listed city centre office extends to 1,118 sq/ft and Street Farm, Cratfield Road, Fressingfield, is for sale for a guide price £350,000. This is a five bedroom detached period farmhouse with a two bed attached annexe.

■ For more information contact Auction House on 01603 505100 or see www.auctionhouse.uk.net

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• Shame it cannot be converted into AFFORDable Housing for the younger generation of Norwich and surrounding areas, and certainly a pity that it cannot allow those people to that have used the YMCA in the past and do now to have their own independence at a later stage. Seems Norwich is turning into another one of those cities where affordable housing is becoming less and less. We could all end up at rock bottom, shame people just focus on Money Money Money and not care about anyone else these days

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