Nuclear bunker up for grabs
In Northern Ireland, surrounded by lush green countryside, you can snap up a former nuclear bunker that was a state secret until 2007.
On the market at £575,000, the facility sleeps 236 and includes double blast doors and decontamination chambers.
From a commercial kitchen to power generators and oil storage, the facilities were designed to keep residents holed up for as long as 30 days.
The 3.7-acre site is east of the town of Ballymena, the heartland of firebrand Protestant cleric turned peacemaker Ian Paisley until his death in 2014.
Fixtures and fittings are included in the price of the two-storey bunker, which opened in 1990.
(Editing by Brian McGee)
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A for-sale sign is posted outside the bunker’s entrance.
A corridor is seen in the former bunker built by the British government during the Cold War.
A recreation room is seen in the bunker.
A clock and speaker hang in the bunker’s conference room.
A blast door leads to the exterior of the bunker.
The main generator room is part of the facilities.
A man uses a torch to illuminate the bunker’s temperature gauge.
The generator indicators light up.
Fresh air filters are another part of the bunker’s facilities.
A decontamination tap is pictured.
A dormitory houses bunk beds.
The medical room contains a bed frame.
Long-life tins of food are displayed in the kitchens.
Tea making facilities are seen in the kitchens.
A message chute is attached to a wall.
This office is part of the bunker.
The back-up telephone is seen.
A BBC broadcast room is pictured.
A BBC broadcast room is seen.
The blueprint maps of the bunker are on display.
This corridor includes an artificial plant.