A Cold War bunker in the pretty UK countryside is up for sale for £25,000 and remains in its original condition.
The nuclear retreat, fitted with body bags, gas masks and a red telephone box, was used by Ministry of Defence in Legbourne, Lincolnshire.
Built in 1959, the small vault accommodated three observers in case of a nuclear attack, and was supplied with enough food and water for two weeks.
It is accessed via a 14ft shaft in a remote rural location, approximately four miles from the market town of Louth and around 11 miles as the crow flies from the North Sea coast.
The structure was previously an Ministry of Defence Royal Observer Post as it had a landline and radio communication built in.
But many nuclear bunker sites have been, since then, used as sites for mobile telephone masts, so the opportunity to buy this bunker is rare.
There is vehicle access to the site and the current owner enjoys room for a caravan next to the bunker’s entrance in the ground.
An auction listing reads: "The bunker is secure, dry and in its original condition.
"The current owner also has a caravan on site.
"The site also has vehicular access from the road over the land to access it."
Mark Colledge, 64, purchased the underground vault on eBay in 2003 for £12,500.
The army veteran told the Daily Mail : "It was built the year I was born and I think I bought it due to a bit of a midlife crisis. I thought "that's cool" and decided I wanted it.
"I keep a caravan close by and have been using it as a kind of holiday home. I sleep in the bunker, and shower in the caravan.
"I am selling because it seems to be a good time given the global crisis, and I haven't been there in years. I'd like some cash to go on holiday.
"I have body bags in there and some gas masks. That goes back to my army training and what to do in an attack."
