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If you ever lay more than 2 cables out on the floor, and pull them through a void - HOW can they get so tangled?

Could be anything. Outside light full of water? I know it hasn't rained lately. Single insulated twisted flexes on pendant drops can get brittle at the lampholder, where 100 and 150 W bulbs have been used in the past. Though the light switch would have to be on to blow a fuse. Rodent damage is...

I would always tend to run separate cables from the switch to each light, for the very reason the lights could be separately switched in the future. Then again, out of habit, logic, personal preference, I always put the feed or feeds in the common, and the light in the remaining terminal - so...

Easier to look inside each light, and see if both lights have one cable each (we hope).

How do you know the single brown isn't the feed? I bet it isn't though.

It's antique, what can you do?

I think an architrave box may be borderline too wide - besides, knockout in the top or bottom of an architrave box is less than 20mm, so difficult to connect to that 20mm conduit. I hated it at first, but perhaps the existing set-up IS best, once the box lid is filled over. Personally, I would...

Lots of old wall lights were simply 'hooked' onto a nail or screw.

A blank plate doesn't create a zone? Is that because the blank plate could be removed without touching any electrical connections, and plastered over? Out of interest, would a flex outlet (one that hasn't had the outlet bashed out) used to connect wires be acceptable?

Fair comment - I wouldn't have one. I'm not having some sensor controlling me.

Maintenance free junction box is ideal. But are you certain those cables don't feed something else further down as well?

Easiest way - add an extra socket next to each of the existing ones - and ensure all distances are correct. They only need to be spurs. You can never have too many sockets.

You would get a light fitting, with a built-in sensor.

As long as you don't paint over a wet or damp surface, it will be ok.

I remember Ban All Sheds...

Worth a look. You could consider some form of movement sensor. Or join the cable somehow - which won't be very easy if you don't want anything to be seen.

It's unusual (but not uncommon) for the cable not to be in round conduit. Have a look behind the bathroom light fitting, and see if there is a round box embedded in the ceiling, with conduits coming out of it. I'm only suggesting this because of your theory that the pull switch may have one...

If you can double over, and there's room in the terminal, do it.

It's for the light. The cable is buried in the plaster, and it's not in conduit.

The op has already said he/she wants to put the switch on the outside.