Tradie call-out unearths UK property’s 200-year-old origins

A plasterer in the UK has unearthed the historic origins of a home while on a routine call-out.

The tradie was at a rental property in the Peak District in central-northern England last month when he made the surprising discovery.

The tenant was at home at the time of the call-out and documented the find.

“I feel like we got the mother load today,” they wrote in a post to the Old House Explorer Facebook page, accompanied by a series of photos.

“We live in an estate house in the Peak District, most of it was built in 1604.”

The tenant explained the home is owned and managed by a real estate agent who had come to inspect some loose lime plaster work with the tradie.

“I left them to it, came upstairs to put laundry away 10 minutes later to find the plasterer looking at this huge hole in the wall scratching his head…”well that’s not what I thought would be behind there,” the tenant wrote. 

The plasterer had apparently expected to find normal interior wall gubbins.

A gubbin refers to the materials used to construct and finish the walls inside a property.

Instead, he found the original exterior wall of the property before it was extended.

“The marks are where they scored the original finish to help the new lime plaster stick when the extension was built 200 years ago,” the tenant wrote. 

“I’ve put in a request to the landlord to keep the wall like this.”

It’s not the first time an unexpected discovery has been made at someone’s home. 

Earlier this month, an artist in London discovered a mystery space in his bedroom after noticing an unusual section of wood on the floor.

After further exploration, including sawing out sections of his bedroom wall, Sebastian Chaumeton uncovered an old tiled fireplace.

“I found a little clue on the floor behind my door,” Sebastian Chaumeton said in a video posted to his Instagram account.

“It’s a small bit of wood going the wrong way.”

In January this year, a homeowner captivated – and creeped out – millions online after sharing an eerie discovery under the floorboards of her 250-year-old property.

Amelia investigated beneath a wonky plank, which was concealing an insight into the past. First, she found a Edward VII 1904 coin, and showed her followers in a now viral video.

But the next item her fingers touched, in the dirt, was a dense and ornate album, containing portraits and a black-and-white exterior image of her house, followed by page after page of pictures of empty rooms in the home.

Followers urged her not to mess with things that cannot be explained.

Meanwhile, others have found less ominous treasures at home.

Last year, British couple Becky and Robert Fooks found a hoard of ancient coins under their floor during a home renovation. 

They went on to hit pay dirt with the 400-year-old gold and silver coins fetching $115,000 at auction.

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