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Former council care home set to be sold at auction

Chris Young
Local Democracy Reporting Service
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Woodward Court is being replaced by a new care home in Saltaire

A 28-bed care home in Bradford is set to be auctioned, as the council tries to balance its books.

Woodward Court in Allerton, a former short stay care home, was closed after Bradford Council deemed it to be “no longer fit for purpose”.

The building, on Kirklees Road, is one of several council-owned properties going under the hammer.

If all the properties listed were to sell for their guide price, the auction would raise £700,000.

Woodward Court is being replaced by a new care home in Saltaire.

The building, including its car park, has a guide price of £325,000.

The other Bradford buildings up for auction are:

  • 184 Highfield Road, Idle – a plot of grazing land with a guide price of £165,000
  • The Willows, a former assisted living facility on Hall Road
  • A terraced property on Reginald Street, Bradford
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Grazing land in Idle could make £165,000 at auction

Thornton Cemetery Lodge, a former cemetery gatehouse, was originally listed to be sold at the same auction – but that listing has been postponed, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

The online auction by Pugh Auctioneers will be held on Tuesday.

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