£2.25m price tag for historic seafront building

One of Scarborough’s most famous buildings is on the market for £2.25m.

The Grade II-listed former St Thomas Hospital is on the main seafront, overlooking South Bay Beach and the harbour.

Miles Lawrence, Director of Yorkshire property consultancy Lawrence Hannah, which is marketing the property with the Leeds office of Sanderson Weatherall, said: “This is a tremendous development opportunity in a fabulous location.

“The front section on Foreshore Road comprises six retail units at ground floor level, providing an income of more than £120,000 a year.  The upper floors, which have planning permission to be converted to residential apartments, are currently vacant.”

There is a three-storey former staff accommodation to the rear, together with two cottages fronting onto Merchants Row. The whole site, which is in a conservation area, covers 0.527 acres.

Lawrence said: “Yorkshire’s East Coast is booming – and Scarborough is the jewel in its crown. It was the county’s first seaside resort, stimulated by the growth of the railways in the 1840 and 1850s.

“It is now an established commercial, tourist and retail centre. The town is adjacent to the North York Moors National Park and is one of the principle resorts on the north east coast attracting an estimated 7 million visitors per year.

“St Thomas Hospital occupies an incredible position at the centre of South Bay.

“The site is in an area with substantial footfall and amongst tourist related units. It is also situated between two of Scarborough’s amusement centres, Coney Island and Gilly’s Leisure Centre.”

St Thomas Hospital was originally known as the Royal Northern Sea Bathing Infirmary. It was built between 1850 and 1860 and designed by William Baldwin Stewart.

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