A BLOCK of public toilets in Worcester is up for sale for £100,000.

Worcester City Council says the the building could be turned into a home.

The new owner will find themselves in possession of an 850 sq ft (259 sq metre) single-storey building with a stone clad exterior in All Hallows Place, Quay Street, next to All Saints church.

According to Humberts estate agent, the block has "two distinct areas, formerly ladies and gents conveniences. It would lend itself to conversion to open plan area subject to planning and building consent and building regulation approval which may be required."

The toilets were closed after the council voted in September 2005 to cut the number of public loos in the city from seven to five to save money.

The council said all profits from the sale of the toilets, built in the mid-1920s, will go into supporting its overall capital programme.

In the past year toilets in Angel Place have undergone a £120,000 refurbishment and similar amounts are being spent on loos in Cornmarket, where work is under way, and Croft Road, where it is scheduled to begin later this year.

Mike Harrison, head of cleaner and greener at Worcester City Council, said the new loos in Angel Place had been welcomed by the public but the council could not afford to upgrade those in All Hallows Place, which were not used very often.

Communications officer Barry Cook said there were no specific restrictions on what the block could be converted to but a buyer would have to get planning permission.