Bilston's former police station going up for sale

For sale – one police station in good nick but with some previous. Bilston's landmark former police station is going under the hammer with a guide price of £150,000, it was revealed today.

The 170-year-old station, which was one of the oldest in the region, was deemed no longer fit for purpose by force chiefs who opened a £3.5 million replacement earlier this year. The listed three-storey building is described by estate agents as "attractive, spacious and detached"

It has former cells in the basement and on the ground floor as well as store rooms and offices.

West Midlands Police will put the Mount Pleasant station, which was built in around 1840, on the market after deciding it was no longer fit for use by its officers.

It will go under the hammer at Villa Park on Thursday from 11am.