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Former Wick church on North Coast 500 route to go under the hammer

The property has been earmarked as having 'enormous potential' for redevelopment into apartments. 

Facade of former church on Bridge Street in Wick.
The former Free Church on Bridge Street in Wick will go under the hammer later this week. Image: Future Property Auctions

An impressive former church on the NC500 route will go under the hammer at auction this week.

The substantial building – once the town’s Free Church – sits on Wick’s Bridge Street has been given a guide price of £115,000.

It will go up for sale in a timed online auction on Thursday.

Auctioneers from Future Property Auctions will open bidding at £107,000 as developers battle it out.

View looking up Bridge Street in Wick with buildings on both sides.
The property faces onto the town’s main thoroughfare to John O’Groats, which forms part of the North Coast 500. Image: Ben Hendry/DCT Media.

Could the North Coast 500 church house the town’s latest housing development?

The former church has been earmarked as having ‘enormous potential’ for redevelopment into apartments.

The property faces onto the town’s main thoroughfare to John O’Groats, which forms part of the North Coast 500.

Comprising two floors, the town centre building is said to be in excellent condition.

Stained glass window inside church.
The property has several signature features, including stained-glass windows. Image: Future Property Auctions.
Stage area with light blue carpet.
The former church is said to be in excellent condition and offers a number of large rooms. Image: Future Property Auctions.

Pictures taken of the building’s interior highlight several key features, including the stained-glass windows and a stage.

Gothic church was more recently a furniture store

The church dates back to the 1800s and was designed by William Johnston Gray of Berwick and is Gothic in style.

The church was decommissioned as a place of worship and has since been utilised as a retail space.

Alterations have been made to the building’s interior to create open plan spaces.

furniture for sale inside church hall.
The former church has recently been home to a furniture and flooring business. Image: Future Property Auctions.

Most recently, the Bridge Street property has housed the town’s Jack’s furniture and flooring sales business.

The eye-catching wooden bear outside the former Free Church in Wick. Bridge Street, Wick. Image: Future Property Auctions

Bidding for the Caithness property will begin at 10am on Thursday.

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