A £1.8 million town centre office block goes under the hammer next week, and the auctioneer says flats could eventually be placed there.

Maybrook House in Queens Gardens, Dover, which has six storeys and 35 parking spaces, was previously a register office and anti-passport fraud base.

Advertising the site, auctioneers Clive Emson says: “The property is fully let providing a strong income, however there may be potential for a number of other commercial uses or perhaps for residential conversion subject to all necessary consents being obtainable.”

The guide price is £1.6 million to £1.8 million and the online bid opens at midday on Monday, closing on Wednesday.

It’s expected the new owner would get a total letting fee of £184,121 a year plus £121,820 annually in service charges.

Maybrook House was built in 1964 and covers 21,000 sqft in floorspace.

Most companies based there have leases until next year or 2026.

Currently, Customs Insights, a consultancy section of logistics company Uniserve, takes up two floors.

Other organisations listed there today include chartered accountants Beverton & Co and the drugs and alcohol support group Forward Trust.

In the past Maybrook House was a register office, careers guidance base and public rights of way department for Kent County Council.

In the 2000s, the block was home to Digital Dream, a supplier of digital surveillance and spy cameras, and the Skillnet, Group, supporting people with learning difficulties.

One of 69 new passport offices in the country opened in Maybrook House in October 2007.

The Identity Passport Service was used to prevent criminals from applying for documents in someone else's name and assuming their identity.

Applicants for new passports could still be done by post but those making them had to attend face-to-face interviews with questions about their background to confirm their identity.