A FORMER Somerset police station – complete with cells and court rooms – is set to be sold off this month.

The huge former police property, in Minehead, weighs in at 17,380sq ft and is set to go under the hammer at a Hollis Morgan auction on July 23, with a guide price of £550,000.

Sitting in a plot of around 0.8 acres, the listing said the property has potential for a “wide range of residential or commercial development opportunities”, subject to planning permissions.

“As with all municipal style buildings this offers over 17,000 square feet of imposing and substantial brick-built accommodation being offered with vacant possession,” a Hollis Morgan spokesperson said.

“Developers’ minds may run wilder than the ponies on Exmoor as the residential and commercial opportunities presented by this outstanding property reveal themselves – obviously subject to obtaining any necessary consents.

“With a modest price guide of £550,000 I anticipate keen bidding from many developers who will be keen to be ‘locked into this deal at the fall of my gavel’.”

A number of former Somerset police properties have been sold off in recent years, including in nearby Williton – which has been converted into luxury homes – and in Taunton.

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