What is this wall constructed of?

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We're in a Victorian detached house and this wall is in what we think was the original kitchen. It's suffering from salts/damp/paint peeling which we think is being fed by a quarry tile floor covered by a carpet which we'll get to but first we need to remove the gypsum plaster. On taking some of it off we've found a wall that looks like this. Any ideas on what it is??

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Is any part of the "Old Kitchen" below ground?

Have you tried to see what the material is made from?? A form of "Concrete" perhaps??

Look as if there are some sort of jointing material between the different coloured [Beams???]

Ken.
 
No it's at ground level. House is slightly higher of what I'd say is traditional build, suspended floor, air vents, brick inner wall, slate external wall. This part of the house just seems odd and it's rendered so not easy to see from the other side. It's original to the house and was built at the same time (1892) but the concrete look has flummoxed us!
 
Can I suggest you take a cold chisel [carefully] to a wee bit on each of the different colours of this wall material, hopefully you will get a better feel for what the material is made from?

First impressions suggest horizontal beams built up with some sort of cement between. Has the appearance of being [almost] industrial?? Railways spring to mind??

Ken.
 
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I would suggest it is a concrete.

Portland cement was invented in the 1820s.

Concrete was around before then.

70 years would have given its use a chance to catch on.
 

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