Former Methodist church in Birmingham for sale by auction with a guide price of £345,000+

A 1960s Methodist Church in Birmingham is coming up for sale in our next auction. The landmark building dates from the early 1960s, with some additions in the 1980s, and extends to around 4,820 sq ft on a site of almost half an acre.

The Former Maypole Methodist Church, on Sladepool Farm Road in Kings Heath, will have a guide price* of £345,000+ plus fees in the live-streamed auction on Thursday 12 September. Ian Tudor, commercial auction director at Bond Wolfe, said: “We understand there is a restrictive covenant on the land prohibiting uses other than for religious purposes.” He advised that interested parties should refer to the legal pack for the property for their own verification.

Mr Tudor said: “These are vacant freehold church premises in an established residential neighbourhood. This is a spacious single-storey building of brick construction with pitched tiled roofs. It is configured to provide an entrance lobby, main worship hall, offices, meeting rooms, stores, accessible WC, ladies and gents WCs. The property stands on a site extending to approximately 0.475 acres including a car park to the side and rear.”

The original Sladepool Farm Road Methodist Chapel began in 1939 in a wooden school hall to serve the growing Maypole Estate. A separate, temporary chapel was opened in 1949 and the new Maypole MethodistChurch built on the site in the 1960s. The former church stands on a prominent position on the southern side of Sladepool Farm Road near its junction with the main A435 Alcester Road South, a busy arterial route linking the suburbs of Maypole, Kings Heath and Moseley with Birmingham city centre approximately 5 miles to the north. Access to the Midlands Motorway network is via junction 3 of the M42 motorway a short distance south of the property.

The former Maypole Methodist Church will be among scores of properties appearing in Bond Wolfe’s next auction which is due to start at 9am on Thursday 12 September and will be live-streamed via our website with remote bidding by proxy, telephone or Internet.

For more details and to register to bid visit www.bondwolfe.com/property-auctions-west-midlands/ or email [email protected], or call 0121 312 1212 or 01902 928 510.

* Each property is subject to a reserve price which may be different from the guide price.  Please refer to the Important Information and legal pack(s) for further information and any additional fees which may apply.