A two bedroom duplex flat in a former Fisher Theatre is set to go under the hammer.

The flat in a historic Grade II listed building close to the town centre in Lowestoft is due to be auctioned off this month.

Back in September 1812, one of the first purpose-built Fisher Theatres in Britain - Crown Street Hall - first opened its doors in Crown Street West, Lowestoft.

East Anglian Daily Times: Crown Street Hall in Lowestoft. Picture: Paul Hubbard Estate AgentsCrown Street Hall in Lowestoft. Picture: Paul Hubbard Estate Agents (Image: Paul Hubbard Estate Agents)

The historic venue would go on to host a wide range of community groups and activities – having been The Assembly Rooms, The Mission Hall, an early form of a community centre, local Government offices, the home of a craft centre for Lowestoft College and most recently a community hall.

On its 200th anniversary in 2012, a campaign group was set up to preserve the building owned by the then Waveney District Council (now East Suffolk Council) for community activity with a series of fundraising events held.

But, as they sought to transform the hall - which had been run by locals as a community hall since 1981 - and take it on from the council, plans were approved to convert the building "from community to residential use, following a long period of decline and unviable usage", according to the council, in January 2016.

Now, Flat 2 at Crown Street Hall is offered at an online auction on July 26, as it is marketed by Auction House East Anglia and offered in association with Paul Hubbard Estate Agents.

East Anglian Daily Times: The flat at Crown Street Hall in Lowestoft. Picture: Paul Hubbard Estate AgentsThe flat at Crown Street Hall in Lowestoft. Picture: Paul Hubbard Estate Agents (Image: Paul Hubbard Estate Agents)

It will go under the hammer on a leasehold tenure with a minimum guide price of £115,000 plus fees.

A property description from the auctioneers states: "This imposing Grade II listed building known as the Crown Street Hall was formerly a theatre and was granted planning to convert into flats in 2016.

"The building has been sympathetically converted retaining many original features and now comprises of four self contained dwellings.

"Finished to a high specification this remaining two bedroom duplex flat is ready for occupation - an ideal first time purchase or a buy to let investment.

"The flat is being sold with a quarter share of the freehold."