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It's most likely there's a stud all round that arch. I would cut in the corner by the wall and peel off the plasterboard to the edge of the arch, then cut across the top about 40mm above the arch, 40mm from the other side, take those strips of plasterboard off. Insert a rectangular piece of plasterboard, screw new and old plasterboard to joists using plasterboard screws, tape the joints and fill with easifill or whatever you fancy.
Airhead
Next to the archway that runs through our dining room to our rear extension where the living room is we have this smaller arch which is in the only corner where the tv can go in the living which will look shit as you will see behind the tv the second you walk into the dining room and makes the corner in the dining room a little less usable. so we've discussed the idea of maybe closing up the side in the living room and making it a storage alcove in the dining room. the light lost would be minimal as the main arch is massive and we get reflected light through the door in the wall beside the arch going into the kitchen.
I'm thinking of getting a sheet of 18mm ply, holding it up to the side shown in picture, tracing the shape of the arch from the inside, cutting it out with jigsaw (then making a template for later), coating with pva to seal it, stapling 2 layers of 6mm wire mesh to the outside face of it. then fixing it into the arch set back a few mm from the wall edge using battens on the bottom and sides inside the arch. then covering it in a thin coat of bonding plaster followed by a skim of easifill. then fixing a piece of plasterboard cut using the plywood template to the inside of the arch to cover the battens, then putting up some simple shelves held with battens at each end.
how solid of a plan does this sound? am i overlooking anything dumb?