The tender process for the former Mount Carmel Convent ended without a sale and the heritage-listed building remains on the market, priced at $1.5 million to $1.65 million.

Located on the corner of High and Culbertson Streets, Rutherglen, the convent opened in 1928 with 10 members of the Presentation Sisters religious order living there. The site provided primary, secondary and musical education until its closure in 1989.

The two-storey building sits on about 1.36 hectares of land that includes two freestanding brick buildings and a large water tank.

On the ground floor is a formal entry, a kitchen with its original wood stove, the chapel and eight main rooms with high ceilings, open fireplaces and stained glass windows. Upstairs are 11 dormitory bedrooms and a boarding room-style bathroom with 22 basins.

Stanley & Martin sales director Scott Wilkie said the property had changed little.

“It’s very much still in its raw state, internally all the main structural walls are as they were,” he said.

Mr Wilkie felt the former convent could lend itself to a boutique bed and breakfast, subject to approval.

“With the social things that happen in Rutherglen throughout the year I think it’s just a perfect opportunity,” he said.

“We would expect (a sale) to take a little bit longer, with it being a unique building and the thought into how to best use it going forward.” 

Inquiries had come from Sydney, Melbourne and Western Australia as well as the North East.