Thanks John, I managed to remove it at the weekend with help from a friend...to answer your question, It's actually a complete cast iron panel made to look like plaster moulding with water veins on the inside. The steel pipework is mounted inside the Walls and if you look at the photo you can...
Images uploaded, I am a novice to this website so I hope this works? if not maybe you can review the album I created? I only know of one other property that has this system so it must be unusual, can't image that it was very efficient either as the heat would have to pass through plaster......
Don't know if anyone has removed one of these, But i have a 1930's house that has a heating system with invisible Radiators built into the walls. They are mainly recessed into the brickwork and plastered over with a single valve mounted in the skirting board. I believe the system is completely...