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Can't remember if I've posted this yet, such is the state of my brain and the distraction of rice.
Started work (well, removed the first brick) on dismantling the rural pub fireplace. Won't need to hunt down those horse brasses after all.
You can sort of see just from the first brick being gone, the courses on the outside were just built up to the original ceiling/coving so is not load bearing. The original chimney breast face is about a foot behind the current face.
Plan is to take this outer layer off brick by brick leaving the original breast, then batten an board over that leaving a suitable sized pasture for either a more modest fireplace or even just a rectangular opening. We'll see.
The vertical thing you can see is a light cord. I fitted a bulb to it a while ago but it didn't work. However, I found my contactless mains tester thing and it shows it as live when the main light in the room is on. Might look to have some kind of sconce or something in the new wall. Not sure.
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