Top secret nuclear bunker left untouched for decades hits market for bargain sum – & even comes with a chemical toilet

A TOP concealed atomic bunker that has been untouched for decades has deed the marketplace for a bargain sum.

The structure is buried 14 feet underneath a tract adjacent the spa municipality of Buxton, Derbyshire - and is 1 of conscionable 1,500 of its benignant ever built.

The bunker is steeped successful past and has attracted a wealthiness of involvement online.

It had been built successful the 1950s for the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) and was designed to supply "protective accommodation for 3 observers to past a atomic attack."

The dugout is close connected the borderline of the Peak District and is described arsenic being "in fantabulous condition, cleanable and dry" on with immoderate "interesting archetypal items" that inactive remain.

The tract besides features an unused chemic toilet.

The gathering has been advertised connected Rightmove with a usher terms of £15,000 by SDL Property Auctions.

It's acceptable to spell to online auction connected September 26.

The listing reads: "Fantastic accidental to bargain a portion of past warfare British history.

"The erstwhile successful a procreation accidental is to bargain a ROC Nuclear Bunker different known arsenic A Royal Observer post."

It continues: "This peculiar tract was 1 of galore built successful the 1950s and was designed to supply protective accommodation for 3 observers to past a nuclear attack, they were expected to study connected the atomic bursts and connected the autumn retired of a atomic attack.

"They were provided with capable nutrient and h2o for fourteen days and had a landline and vigor communications disposable to them.

"Most of these sites were decommissioned and sold disconnected successful 1993 and we person been informed that galore were bought up by telecom companies and present are sites for mobile phone masts arsenic they were built arsenic telecommunication posts truthful they are positioned successful precise favourable locations."

Inside features partition to partition velvet curtains, a pick carpet, a made bed, a log burner, retention and adjacent a rug to "make it arsenic homely arsenic possible."

The sleeping country spans 14 ft by 7 ft whilst the retention country is 7 ft by 2 foot.

SDL Property Auctions adds: "The bunker is secure, adust and successful its archetypal condition, the existent proprietor has refurbished and decorated it successful readiness for its caller owner.

"The proprietor has advised determination is an unused and inactive boxed chemic toilet, they besides urge for the wood burning stove to beryllium serviced earlier being utilized owed to information purposes.

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A station of the bunker connected the Reddit leafage SpottedonRightmove garnered plentifulness of attention.

The community, which has implicit 253,000 members, were speedy to remark connected the fallout shelter.

The post read: "Anyone fancy a atomic bunker.. y’know, conscionable successful case..."

One societal media idiosyncratic replied: "Not adjacent adjacent to large capable to beryllium of immoderate existent usage unfortunately."

Another said: "The pictures are 1 thing, but the cardinal features truly merchantability it. They had maine astatine 'Unused Chemical Toilet'."

Other commenters were rather impressed by the property, describing it arsenic "pretty cool" and suggesting it could person large imaginable arsenic an Airbnb.

One anxious Redditor projected buying it and doing it up arsenic an "off grid getaway."