Yesterday’s small ‘outline’ in the plaster has turned into something much larger. Think Father Ted and Dougal knocking out the dent in the car, if you have seen that episode. So as I continued to chip away it morphed into a very large outline, some 160cm or more across, and, having checked the crack in the room above, it is definitely relates to either this ‘feature’ itself or the way it was dealt with during the remodelling of the 19th C
A friend living locally thinks it is unlikely to be a fireplace because it is too large for the room. She may be right, but it leaves us back at square one. As I don’t want to remove all the plaster and bricks without taking advice, it’s very hard to get a decent photo
Perhaps we’ll fully uncover whatever it is and expose it, as an unspecified feature behind a double bed. Or we may just cover it back up again. At very least I’ll ask the builder if it needs a lintel or something to stabilise the wall before re-plastering, and hopefully I won’t find myself in next door’s bedroom, apologising
On verra…
Poshbird with Passion 
The reference to Father Ted and Dougal is perfect.
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Sadly all too true!
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Renovating is one of my interests (although, in my case, it was taking a crappily built house from the 1970s – the low point in architecture – and turning it into something durable and livable – so I love following these discoveries of yours. I’d like to go back and read from the start of this project – can you tell me which post deals with the beginning of this project?
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Hi, thanks for your support. I am no wordpress expert, but I hope this link will show you the house as it is at the start (exactly the same as it is now!)
https://poshbirdyblog.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=4&action=edit
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Eeooh! If it is I will of course take a phone-pic, sorry!
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Hope it’s not a body… 🙂
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