A Cold War bunker for sale
It is rare for a surveyor’s report not to pick at least a few holes in whatever property you are buying. That said, even the most gimlet-eyed inspector would find it hard to question the structural soundness of the building Trevor Lethbridge and Derek Brooking are selling.
It is a bombproof Ministry of Defence military bunker, built in 1954 to withstand the worst that Russia and her Communist allies could throw at us. However, despite being blessed with a glorious location overlooking the Kingsbridge Estuary in south Devon, the Hope Cove shelter does not have a single window through which to enjoy the view.
What it has, though, is three-feet-thick concrete walls, plus a subterranean labyrinth of rooms designed to accommodate the 150 most important people in the South West. These included everyone from engineers and scientists to Armed Forces commanders and the odd politician. These hand-picked luminaries would have been required to take charge of the region in the event of enemy attack having disabled the normal machinery of government....