article_snippet.sent: A Cold War bunker built to accomodate civil servants in the event of a nuclear attack has been transformed into a stunning £3.5million luxury home.
article_snippet.sent: The property, in the leafy south east London suburb of Chislehurst, was designed and built especially for government officials as the Cold War intensified in 1951.
article_snippet.sent: the house in Chislehurst, which was formerly a secret Cold War bunker and has now been transformed and is up for sale for £3.5million .
article_snippet.sent: Before the transformation the property was a Regional Control Centre, one of four in the London area, built for government officials in the event of a nuclear winter.
article_snippet.sent: Before its renovation the house was one of four Regional Control Centres, built for government officials in the event of a nuclear winter .
article_snippet.sent: Several features of the property's original purpose still remain with the new L-shaped shower room owing its unusual design to the fact its was the original blast-proof entrance to the bunker.
article_snippet.sent: Pictured before the transformation, the bunker had been left to ruin after the transformation was abandoned shortly after the Cold War.
highlights_snippet.sent: The bunker in Chislehurst was built as a place for government officials to flee to as the Cold War intensified in 1951 .
  