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Tudor wall paintings uncovered beneath plaster at Medieval manor (www.theguardian.com)

by What a Find November 13, 2021, 4:19 pm

Restorers at Calverley Old Hall in West Yorkshire were “gobsmacked” to discover wall paintings dating to the reign of Elizabeth I while peeling away a room’s 19th-century plaster.

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Tudor wall paintings uncovered beneath plaster at Medieval manor (www.theguardian.com)

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