‘Would make a nice pub’ - Readers react to a former South Shields bank going up for sale
Readers have reacted to a former South Shields bank being listed on the property market.
Shields Gazette readers have had their say after a former South Shields town centre bank building has been put up for sale.
The NatWest building, based at 40 King Street, has been listed by Barker Proudlove Limited for a guide price of £155,000.
In February, NatWest revealed that it was making a “tough choice” to close its South Shields branch, with the bank closing to members of the public on Tuesday, June 9.
A notice on the door of the closed bank states that next closest branch is on Fawcett Street, in Sunderland city centre.
Some members of the public have reacted to the “cheap” guide price for the premises while others have shared ideas of what they would like to see the former bank transformed into.
This is what you had to say via the Shields Gazette Facebook page:
Madeline Oley: “The flat on the top floor is worth that alone.
“My friend lived there in the 60's and it's amazing.”
Paul Wann: “Would convert to a really nice bar or restaurant.
John Elliott: “Should be an art gallery for local artists in the area or maybe a nice coffee shop.
“It’s too good a building to see it become a pound shop.”
Linda Hawkins: “I didn’t even know it had closed.”
Rob Donaldson: “Stunning building - that price is nothing for history of it.”
Jim Black: “Surely it could be used for office space for the new college.”
Lilybet Nicholson: “Would make a nice pub.”
Paula McPheators: “A building like that going for £155,000 is shameful.”