A former bomb shelter in Cornwall has sold auction for £30,000.

The shelter measures 13m by 3m inside and even comes with its own parking space, supplied on a long lease in the nearby Morweth View car park.

Located in Morweth Drive, Top Road, Downderry, near Torpoint, it was among 180 lots in the latest sale by Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers.

The shelter had a freehold guide of £25,000 plus, plus on the day sold for £5,000 above that. 

How the shelter looks externally (Image: Clive Emson) Auction appraiser James Lofthouse said: “This bomb shelter certainly caught the attention at auction.

“Its location within the popular coastal village of Downderry with sea views ready access to the various clifftops, beaches and footpaths nearby were among its attractions.

“The new owner may have a number of uses in mind, whether that is for storage, a workshop or some form of further development, subject to all the necessary consents.”

Also at the same auction, a field of freehold land complete with a former quarry sold for £39,000.

Measuring 6.61 acres (2.67 hectares) the filed at Biscovellett, near St Austell, was listed with a freehold guide of £35,000 plus. 

The next auction by Clive Emson Auctioneers, the seventh of eight this year, starts on October 30 and concludes 48 hours later on November 1.

Entries for lots close on October 7 and the catalogue is released from October 11.