A historic former cinema, gutted by fire four years ago, could be snapped up for £600,000 in an auction later this month.

The neo-classical Kingsway Cinema in Kings Heath has been derelict for eight years and the 2011 blaze destroyed much of its interior. Last year planning permission was given for it to be converted into a shop with apartments above. A new owner is being sought for the property which has been empty for the past eight years but is in a very popular location.

The building is in disrepair, but planning permission exists for its regeneration, retaining the Grade A local listed façade to the front but demolishing the fire-damaged structure to the rear. The refurbishment would incorporate a retail unit on the ground floor combined with 14, two bedroom apartments above.

Designed in 1925 by Horace G. Bradley, who was responsible for several neo-classical cinemas in Birmingham, it closed in 1980 and reopened as a bingo hall a few years later. The building is considered to be one of the few local examples of Bradley's work in the city which was mostly in its original form.

The guide price is in excess of £600,000 and is under the hammer on 22nd October with CP Bigwood auctioneers.