The Victorian former schoolhouse and youth centre in Shavington has been put up for auction despite a two-year campaign by local councillors and MP Kieran Mullan to save it.
The building has stood vacant for over two years but efforts to retain it as a community asset have failed.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Plans have been submitted for a new indoor boxing club and gym on the site of the former Crewe Youth Centre which burned down in 2014.
The proposal is to create a new home for South Cheshire Amateur Boxing Club (SCABC), a registered charity which has worked with young people in Crewe for more than 11 years.
Shavington Youth Centre has been re-opened by MP Edward Timpson after undergoing a £5,000 revamp.
The Central Cheshire Buddy Scheme received £5,000 from Cheshire East Council for important improvements.
Police and fire chiefs are treating a blaze at a Crewe youth centre as suspected arson.
The fire on Mirion Street badly damaged the vacant building, caused chaos on surrounding roads during busy peak period.
Dozens of South Cheshire fire fighters battled with this major blaze after a youth centre in Crewe went up in flames.
The blaze broke out in a building on Mirion Street, Crewe.
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