A former underground bunker and Cold War command centre is going under the hammer - and could be yours for as little as £10,000.

Norwich Evening News: Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Pictured is the bunkerByline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Pictured is the bunkerByline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019 (Image: Archant 2019)

The bunker, which has a recommended price of £10,000 to £20,000 and will be sold at East Anglia Auction House, is located on the former RAF West Raynham site, near Fakenham, and includes a slice of history in its price tag.

Dating back to 1939 - when the airfield was opened - the bunker first served as a decontamination centre for the unwounded during the Second World War.

Norwich Evening News: Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Pictured is the water towerByline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Pictured is the water towerByline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019 (Image: Archant 2019)

It was then upgraded to a command centre during the Cold War.

But following the Ministry of Defence's closure of the RAF site in 1994, the bunker had been sealed off.

Norwich Evening News: Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Pictured is the water towerByline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Pictured is the water towerByline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019 (Image: Archant 2019)

Now reopened to reveal a network of underground rooms, the bunker is being touted as a business property.

Martin Belton, from Swaffham, who works at the East Anglia Auction House, said: "It's the first time I've sold something on this scale. It's quite a feather in our cap."

Norwich Evening News: Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Pictured is the water towerByline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Pictured is the water towerByline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019 (Image: Archant 2019)

The bunker is one of 44 lots, priced at £5,000 to £200,000, on sale at the site.

A range of businesses have already seized the opportunity and purchased property, including Naked Kitchens and Norfolk Oak.

Norwich Evening News: Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Byline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019 (Image: Archant 2019)

Mr Belton added: "There is a whole mix of tenants and we've had an amazing response so far."

However, it's not just businesses who are moving in.

Norwich Evening News: Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel. Pictured is the bunker Byline: Sonya Duncan Copyright: Archant 2019Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel. Pictured is the bunker Byline: Sonya Duncan Copyright: Archant 2019 (Image: Archant 2019)

Jon Booty, who grew up in West Raynham, is two and half years into renovating a former control tower as a family home.

Mr Booty was drawn to the building as he has a familial connection to the site - both his parents were stationed at the former RAF airfield in the late seventies.

Norwich Evening News: Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Pictured is the bunkerByline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Pictured is the bunkerByline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019 (Image: Archant 2019)

He added: "It's a bit like coming home again. I love it here. You meet and get to know everybody."

Brian Hillman, from King's Lynn, was attending the open viewing on Thursday, July 13, not as a business or home buyer, but as an underground site enthusiast.

Norwich Evening News: Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Pictured is the bunkerByline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019Buildings on the former West Raynham RAF base are up for auction. Lots include a former Cold War bunker and the bases water tower along with a chapel.Pictured is the bunkerByline: Sonya DuncanCopyright: Archant 2019 (Image: Archant 2019)

As a member of a nationwide society which investigates man made underground buildings, Subterreanea Britannica, he wanted to explore the bunker.

He added: "Well, it's something to do."

The auction will take place at Dunston Hall Hotel on the Ipswich Road on Wednesday, July 17 at 11am in the morning.

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