Public toilet block fetches $160,000

A seafront toilet block in Britain has been bought at auction for ₤104,000 ($A160,295) by a man who wants to develop it for his family.

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A seafront toilet block has been sold at auction in the UK for ₤104,000 ($A160,295).

The two-storey building on the eastern promenade at Sheringham in Norfolk, England, had been expected to fetch between ₤30,000 ($A46,239) and ₤50,000 ($A77,065).

Auction House East Anglia described the buyer as a "builder specialising in unusual buildings" who planned to develop it for his family.

Trevor Ivory, a North Norfolk district councillor, said he was "overjoyed" at the price.



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