A nuclear bunker from the 1950s is to be auctioned with a guide price of £25,000-plus. The former Royal Observer Corps monitoring post near the Lincolnshire town of Louth is described as "a fantastic opportunity to buy a piece of British history".
The site was purchased on a whim in 2003 by 64-year-old Mark Colledge. He snapped it up from a telecoms firm for £12,500 after seeing an advert on the online auction website eBay.
Constructed in 1959, the bunker is accessible via a 14ft shaft and was designed to offer protective accommodation for three observers in the event of a nuclear attack. The volunteer observers in the post would have communicated the location of bombs and radiation levels to the military.
