Offers over £119,950 are being invited for Dunshalt Primary, which shut its doors last summer despite a long-running campaign spearheaded by the parents of its seven pupils.

The school and its tarmac playground are being marketed as 'suitable for development', and the selling agents are confident of a swift sale.

Gordon Jackson of Century 21 said that there had aready been considerable interest in the building from prospective developers.

POTENTIAL

He said: "The interior extends to around a thousand square feet and offers great potential for people keen to take on a conversion project.

"I would like to see something done that is sympathetic to the building's Victorian heritage and to the surrounding area."

The school comprises a large classroom; a kitchen/office; private office; boys' and girls' wc cubicles and a playground with six brick outhouses.

The school's desks, chairs and other equipment have been rescued by David Hanschell of the charity Surplus Educational Supplies, and last month began their long voyage to a tiny Caribbean island, where they'll be used in schools ravaged by hurricanes.