A BID to sell the former St Andrew's Erskine Church in the centre of Dunfermline has stalled.

The category B-listed building, parts of which are more than 200-years-old, was up for auction last week with a guide price of £230,000 However, while there was some interest in the old church on Pilmuir Street there were "no acceptable bids" and it remains unsold.

A spokesperson for Shepherd Chartered Surveyors, who conducted the auction, added that they were awaiting instructions from the owners on the next step.

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Parts of the property, now known as the Erskine Building, date back to 1798 and it was still used by the Church of Scotland up until 1998.

Dunfermline Press: The Erskine Building, as it's now known, failed to sell at auction. The Erskine Building, as it's now known, failed to sell at auction. (Image: Contributed)

After a short lived venture as a children's soft play facility, the Magical Kingdom, it closed and remained boarded up for years, falling into disrepair and featuring on the Buildings at Risk register due to its "poor" condition and the fact it was "vulnerable to vandalism".

Wetherspoon's got the go-ahead to turn it into a 'super-pub' but decided not to take it further forward.

A Christian charity, the Yes U Are Partnership, bought the building for £600,000 in 2012 and had grand plans for turning it into a multi-purpose community hub and cafe, which would cater for everything from weddings and business conferences through to music concerts and art exhibitions.

However, last month the Press reported that after a lengthy legal dispute, the building had reverted back to the ownership of the Alfred Stewart Property Foundation.

It was set up in memory of the late businessman - it also has plans for developments in Rosyth and between Crossford and Cairneyhill - but a judicial factor was appointed amid claims of "financial mismanagement".

John MacDonald, from the partnership, previously told the Press: "It was a very big project but we could have done it, definitely, if it wasn't for the legal problems.

Dunfermline Press: Inside the old St Andrew's Erskine Church on Pilmuir Street in Dunfermline. Inside the old St Andrew's Erskine Church on Pilmuir Street in Dunfermline. (Image: Contributed)

"The positive outcomes made it well worth it, not least the building is still standing and in good enough shape to be taken over and developed into a commercially viable building.

"If we hadn't bought it, I think they would have just left it to fall down.

"We very much hope that whoever gets it uses it for the community, for the public good, but we have no control over that."