The Ministry of Defence has sold a former London Underground station, used during the Second World War as a command centre, for £53m.
The unique property at 206 Brompton Road was put on the market in September 2013 by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.
It is expected the site will now be used for a residential development, while the money raised will be ploughed back into the defence budget.
The tube station opened in 1906 and was designed by English architect Leslie Green. It closed in 1934 after London Underground decided it was no longer financially viable. The building was later taken over by the War Office and used as an anti-aircraft operations room.
The 28,000-square-foot property contains a drill hall, garages, offices and a mess above ground. The tube platform and tube line itself are the property of Transport for London and the new owner will have no access to either.
