As in the title. On both sides of the fireplace, the inside seems to be constructed of different bricks compared to the outside - the outside seems older / original. Is it a fair assessment to say that the interior bricks were added to reduce the size of the opening or am i on the wrong track?
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This pic shows one side of an iron lintel (?) overlapping the 'new' brickwork by a few cm.
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I will be removing the plaster from the rest of the fireplace - just guesswork but if I reveal an arch higher up that reaches to each side of the 'original' brickwork, can everything from the lintel up to the arch be removed safely?
I would like to use the inside as storage therefore more space in there would be really useful.
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This pic shows one side of an iron lintel (?) overlapping the 'new' brickwork by a few cm.
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I will be removing the plaster from the rest of the fireplace - just guesswork but if I reveal an arch higher up that reaches to each side of the 'original' brickwork, can everything from the lintel up to the arch be removed safely?
I would like to use the inside as storage therefore more space in there would be really useful.