28 March,2009 03:29 PM IST | | Agencies
A farmhouse in the English village of Coberley that is up for sale is rumored to have once been used to train spies during World War II, a spokesman says.
Peter Davison, spokesman for the Moore Allen and Innocent real estate group, said the Cotswolds property is owned by Frederick Winterbotham, the Royal Air Force officer credited with distributing the cracked German enigma codes during the war, the Wilts and Gloucester Standard said Friday.
"This charming period farmhouse led a secret double life -- as a training base for spies," Davison said of the six-bedroom property up for sale.
"Whether the pulling of books from the shelf would reveal any secret rooms in the farmhouse is unknown."
For those interested in buying a possible part of intelligence history, the opening cost for the 268-acre property sits at just over $7.3 million.
