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A shop on Blackwood High Street measuring just 11.5 square metres is going up for auction.

The unit, which is just one metre and 37 centimetres (4.5ft) wide, and 8.5 metres (28ft) deep, is squeezed between a shoe shop and an opticians.

Located on 165 High Street, it is being auctioned by Newport-based Paul Fosh Auctions with a guide price of £24,000.

Debra Bisley, of Paul Fosh Auctions, said: “We believe that this is surely the smallest shop currently for sale in South Wales. Although it’s small it’s in an ideal spot for the right business.”

Ms Bisley is confident the unique space could be a perfect fit for a small business with big ideas.

“The shuttered premises has previously traded as a vape shop, a sweet stall and as a sandwich bar,” she said.

“The possibilities for the space may not be endless but with some imagination it could perhaps become a takeaway coffee shop, card shop, small boutique, perhaps a mobile phone repair outlet, a bijou beauty salon or nail bar.

“The shop, sandwiched between ShoeZone and Specsavers and with a range of independent and national traders nearby, has a kitchenette at the back so there’s a start for the entrepreneurial cafe owner at least.”

“Ideally located on thriving Blackwood High Street, the recently renovated property, previously let at £3,650 per year, benefits from plenty of footfall and passing trade.”

Due to it’s low rateable value, the unit is exempt from business rates.

Bidding starts at noon on Tuesday November 5 and ends on Thursday November 7.