July 2, 2007: Cave cottage

Undertoad · 07-02-2007, 07:22 AM

It's the Monday Neatorama collaboration image!

The UK Metro has this item, which is hereby presented for your light amusement and curiosity. Now this is the stuff of fairy tale stories about rabbits and elves and such. It turns out that in the 1940s, someone saw fit to actually create a living quarters in this four-room cave carved out of sandstone. It's not clear whether nature or the resident did the hard carving work, or whether the resident just worked at putting up amenities like windows and such...

The hills outside Wolverley, Worcestershire, have had eyes.

They are auctioning it off for L25,000, but I guess they expect it to be more of a museum piece than an actual, livable cave. Without running water, electricity, or anything else really, the town council is not expected to "deem it habitable".

Still, perhaps Britain's immigrant al Queda wannabes would like to recreate the Afghanistan quarters.

Be sure to visit our friends at Neatorama for more neato items all the time!

07-02-2007, 07:22 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	July 2, 2007: Cave cottage It's the Monday Neatorama collaboration image! The UK Metro has this item, which is hereby presented for your light amusement and curiosity. Now this is the stuff of fairy tale stories about rabbits and elves and such. It turns out that in the 1940s, someone saw fit to actually create a living quarters in this four-room cave carved out of sandstone. It's not clear whether nature or the resident did the hard carving work, or whether the resident just worked at putting up amenities like windows and such... The hills outside Wolverley, Worcestershire, have had eyes. They are auctioning it off for L25,000, but I guess they expect it to be more of a museum piece than an actual, livable cave. Without running water, electricity, or anything else really, the town council is not expected to "deem it habitable". Still, perhaps Britain's immigrant al Queda wannabes would like to recreate the Afghanistan quarters. Be sure to visit our friends at Neatorama for more neato items all the time!

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