A RESTAURANT building on Corporation Street is being put up for sale at auction later this month.

Popular vegan restaurant,Phoenix Plant Based Eatery closed its doors on its Corporation Street venue, finding a new home in the former Elle Boutique Building on Bridge Street.

The former restaurant building, opposite St Helens Theatre Royal, has been given a guide price of £140,000, and will go under the hammer later this month, along with more than 90 other properties and plots of land.

Pugh managing director Paul Thompson said: “It would be a great result if we can find a new owner for this town centre property which is ideally suited for a café or restaurant business.”

The 2,500 sq ft property, with an open plan dining area, bar, kitchen, function room and toilets, is in the centre of St Helens, next to the bus station and close to the railway station.

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March, Pugh has sold more than 190 lots totalling over £20m at its auctions, which have been held on the firm’s online platform.

The firm’s next auction, featuring properties and land across the UK, including the Phoenix Eatery, will be held on 21 October. For more details and to view the full auction catalogue, go to pugh-auctions.com.