A house on Walton Well Road in North Oxford is being auctioned to raise funds for the Oxfordshire Animal Sanctuary.
The house was left to the charity six years ago, but legal complications means it can only now go on sale.
£90,000 has been raised towards the £100,000 needed to renovate the house before auction and it is hoped that it will attract around £350,000.
A long serving committee member of the Sanctuary said that it would give the charity a life-line of “twelve months”, but that it was still necessary for “people to support us by sponsoring an animal” in order to keep up with the £10,000 a month running costs.
The house goes on auction next month.
