Buyers have the first chance this weekend to take a look at a collection of 12 apartments newly converted from a one-time convent.

Two of the pupils who went to the school run by the nuns at St Bernard’s, in High Wycombe, went on to become household names with dazzling careers in the Swinging Sixties.

Singing star Dusty Springfield lived in Hylton Road, Sands when she was growing up.

Her classmates at the school fronting London Road on the corner of Harlow Road opposite The Rye couldn’t have imagined the girl they sat next to would one day be one of the biggest stars in showbiz.

They knew her by the name she was given when she was born in 1939 – Mary O’Brien. Even now, 20 years after her death from breast cancer in 1999 Dusty Springfield is still widely remembered as a chart-topping entertainer.

Jean Shrimpton, the future model whose face was one of the most photographed in the history of the fashion industry has since said in interviews she never enjoyed school.

In 1949 the five year girl new girl at St Bernard’s found the nuns at “quite daunting”. I learnt a lot, she said “but really I was just pleased to get home to my pony, Ricky.”

After the school was demolished in 1969 the site was bought by a developer for flats.

The adjoining Georgian building now Grade II listed was part of a row of elegant town houses when it was originally built.

After it ceased to be a convent and the nuns left, it was turned into offices.

One of the attractions is the position. It’s about five minutes walk from Wycombe station from where Chiltern line trains get you into Marylebone in 30 minutes and it’s on the edge of the town centre with its theatre and cinemas and wide choice of places to eat out.

The site overlooks the 53 acres of parkland and sports pitches at The Rye where the newly refurbished lido includes heated outdoor pools as well as a gym and fitness centre. Next door to The Rye are the grounds of Wycombe Abbey, the world-renowned girls’ school.

Building homes where place is paramount for present and future generations of buyers is a central part of the strategy for Revere Homes, the independently owned and managed company engaged in the scheme on London Road.

All 12 properties in the former convent now renamed Park House have been completed before being put on the market. The one and two-bedroom flats are spread over four floors.

Prices range from £280,000 for a one bedroom on the second floor and £335,000 for a two-bedroom two bathroom apartment on the first floor through to £475,000 for a two-bedroom two-bathroom split-level duplex.

No two properties are the same. All have allocated parking. Original windows have been refurbished, so has the original communal staircase and distinctive wrought iron veranda.

The general specification includes modern windows (anthracite outside, white inside) oak engineered wooden floors, period internal doors, skirting and architraves, swish kitchen with stone worktops and blissful bathrooms.

For an appointment to be among the first to view the new flats, call the land and new homes department of selling agent JNP on 01494 521222.

The event to launch the Park House development runs from 10am-4pm today (Saturday).