Merchants House buyer has been found

A buyer for the historic 16th century Merchants House has been found.

Details will be revealed by Plymouth Council once the legals have been completed.

The Grade II* listed 16th property on Palace Street was put on the market in January after the council was unable to find a use for it since it closed as a museum around 10 years ago.

Prospective purchasers were asked to demonstrate they had the means and experience to give it a new purpose and safeguard its future.

Four offers were received and a purchaser has been selected who proposes to sympathetically restore the property to how it would have appeared in the 16th century and provide visitors to the city a unique place to stay by allowing them to step back in time to an important period of Plymouth’s long history.

After being restored to its former glory the historic building will also be open for the public to view twice a year.