Nuclear shelter and other East Yorkshire buildings to be sold

The council offices in Skirlaugh house a Cold War nuclear bomb shelter

A number of empty buildings in East Yorkshire, including one with a nuclear bunker, are to be sold off by the council.

East Riding of Yorkshire's cabinet agreed to sell the Skirlaugh offices and five Beverley buildings including a registrars and small business centre.

The Skirlaugh building was once home to Holderness District Council's Emergency Centre and has a Cold War bomb shelter.

It was recently used to house the county's archives, but is now empty.

Other buildings to be disposed of include Beverley's Cross Street Customer Services Centre, Walkergate House, Manor Road, the Small Business Centre and 65 and 71 Keldgate.

Services in Cross Street and the registrars in the Grade II listed Walkergate House are set to move to Beverley's Treasure House which is set for a major refurbishment.

'Derelict'

The Manor Road offices are being closed due to more council functions being brought into County Hall.

Beverley's Small Business Centre is set to move to the town's new Enterprise Centre and the council has already received offers for the building.

The Grade II listed Walkergate House is currently used as a registry office

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the cabinet meeting was told by James Timm, of the council's assets department, that the Skirlaugh building is expected to take longer than the others to sell.

Councillor Barbara Jefferson said: "Some of the properties are looking derelict, the car park at the Skirlaugh offices is untidy."

"We need to get on and do this."