Posted on 11/15/2021 11:17:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Restorers at Calverley Old Hall, a medieval manor in Yorkshire, England, recently turned their attention to a “very undistinguished little bedroom,” reports Mark Brown for the Guardian.
Peeling away the room’s 19th-century plaster, they were “gobsmacked” by what they spotted hidden below: Tudor wall paintings, likely dated to the reign of Elizabeth I (1558 to 1603), on a scale rarely found in England today.
The find is “the discovery of a lifetime,” Anna Keay, director of the Landmark Trust, which is restoring the building, tells the Guardian.
“Never in my own 27 years of working in historic buildings have I ever witnessed a discovery like this,” writes Keay in a blog post. “Hidden paneling, yes, little snatches of decorative painting, once or twice. But an entire painted chamber absolutely lost to memory, a time machine to the age of the Reformation and the Virgin Queen, never.”
Experts are now working to preserve the floor-to-ceiling paintings (essentially Tudor wallpaper), which feature mythical creatures and climbing vines in red, white and black. Painted in the exaggerated grotesque style, the artwork is patterned after designs—inspired by the Golden House of Roman Emperor Nero—that became popular in England during the 16th century.
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The hall was witness to dreadful violence in April 1605, when Walter Calverley murdered two of his sons, William and Walter, after drinking heavily. He was tried in York for murder, but refused to plead and was therefore pressed to death. Because of his refusal, his property could not be seized by the state, and passed to his surviving baby son, Henry.
Betcha the place is haunted!
:^)
Even without those murders, probably! :^)
Little Jimmy Dickens was one of my mothers favorites.
‘Birds with teeth’? Not dragons?
If it was Sedan, it would be in Northeastern France.
Thanks to all of the wars allot of Europe isn’t as old as people think it is.
British birds used to have teeth.
British dental care fixed that.
My folks liked him as well.
He’s been gone a surprisingly few years. :^)
I took a Midsomer Murders tour a couple years back. And survived!
:^)
YT has (sez here) 21 seasons (series), and I watched S1E1 for an hour 41. I haven’t seen this level of bloodshed since the Die Hard movies. ;^)
........... It could be a CONVERTIBLE!....................
Archaeologists solve mystery of ‘bowling alley’ under Yorkshire abbey
By Tom Metcalfe 5 days ago
Medieval structure hidden beneath Fountains Abbey revealed.
https://www.livescience.com/bowling-alley-structure-medieval-abbey-mystery
The Tom Barnaby ones are best, I think. The first one, with the weird Rainbirds, is a big favorite of fans — they even bring back that pair in a later show.
Didn’t the Rainbirds, uh, not make it to the end of ep 1? Was it a flashback? I enjoyed them, they were really, really creepy.
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