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A property dubbed 'Britain's flattest house' is now up for sale despite the inside being the same size as some people.
The house in Newton Poppleford, Devon, is on the market for around £70,000.
The thatched toll house measures just two metres high – with the walls just covering the size of an average door.
It was originally built in 1758 – making it 265 years old - and boasts a porch, living room with open attic space along with a kitchen, shower room and bedroom.
The nearby town of Sidmouth is located on the tourist hotspot of the Jurassic Coast.
London flat for rent for £1,400 a month with bed tucked away in kitchen cupboard
The inside of the property is just two metres tall (Jam Press/Clive Emson Auctioneers)The listing is featured on the Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers website, who said there is an opportunity for someone to use it as "a lock-up and leave bolt hole."
They said: "The property is likely to be of interest to a home owner or those looking for a lock-up and leave bolt hole. It could also be of interest to investment purchasers."
The kitchen in the UK's flattest house (Jam Press Vid/Clive Emson Auctioneers)The auction closes next Wednesday, February 8.
Plenty of oddly shaped houses dot the land including the 'house in the clouds' standing tall in Suffolk.
A converted water tower in Thorpeness is "for people who want to experience life as it was when England was Merrie England," according to its creator Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie.
The house is available for £70,000 (Jam Press Vid/Clive Emson Auctioneers)The property's website advertises for guests to come and make use of its five bedrooms, three bathrooms, drawing room, dining room and 'room at the top' with views of Suffolk.
The website reads: "Set in 1 acre of private grounds, the House in the Clouds overlooks Thorpeness Golf Course, Thorpness Meare and the sea on the very beautiful Suffolk Heritage Coast. Close to Aldeburgh, Snape Maltings and home of the festival, to Minsmere and other bird and nature reserves."
The bathroom inside the tiny property (Jam Press Vid/Clive Emson Auctioneers)Those not content with the fairytale-like Suffolk tower may choose instead to visit the 'thin house' in Kensington, London or Dunmore's Pineapple House in Scotland.
At Thurloe Square, the thin house is only six feet wide at its narrowest point and was built between 1840-1860.
The fairy-tale-like structure is a converted water tower (Publicity Picture)It was left looking tiny after workers destroyed nearby houses to create the Metropolitan District Railway.
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Secret London said: Despite it looking impossibly narrow from the southwest corner of Thurloe Square, it’s actually triangular, meaning it widens—albeit undramatically—from its skinniest point. One of London’s coolest optical illusions!
The Thin House is just six feet wide at its narrowest point (Rightmove)The Pineapple House, meanwhile, stands in Dunmore Park, Stirlingshire and was once described as the "most bizarre building in Scotland."
It was built in 1761 by the Earl of Dunmore and showed off the aristocrat's wealth - pineapples were considered exotic at the time.