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To be irritated about DP and the tunnel?

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RockHardCake · 18/03/2024 20:21

DP (we don’t live together) has just moved into a new house. It’s in a right state, needs ridiculous amounts of work doing to it including a whole new heating system (currently just has coal fires in each room!) new bathrooms (of which there are 3) and roofing repairs etc etc - he kind of inherited it but not completely, he has had to pay for it but at a daft price. It’s a listed building with land, pretty isolated.

Anyway! He’s been in there a few weeks and found a tunnel in the basement that was bricked up but the bricks had began to fall apart which is how the tunnel came to light. I found this fascinating and asked where it led and he said he didn’t know. I asked “did you not go in it??” And he said “no, it won’t be anything excited”. Why would you not go in it?? I’m desperate to know where it leads!! I’ve asked him a few times to have a look and he said he has more important things to be doing - I can’t get my head around it!!

im staying there at weekend and I said I’m going to explore the tunnel - he rolled his eyes and said “ffs can you stop fascinating over that stupid tunnel?”

it’s making me quite annoyed

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Stringagal · 20/03/2024 00:17

Keepithidden · 18/03/2024 21:29

Have you never watched a horror movie OP?? It's the gates of hell/another dimension! There'll be cursed objects and all kinds of demons and stuff, everyone will die except for you. You'll end up in a padded cell having seen things no one should.

Don't say I didn't warn you!

But please do keep us updated from the padded cell

Isittimeformynapyet · 20/03/2024 00:12

Do you know if you can walk upright in the tunnel or is it a crawl job?

PiggieWig · 19/03/2024 23:47

careful OP!!

To be irritated about DP and the tunnel?
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RockHardCake · 19/03/2024 22:18

BackOfTheMum5net · 19/03/2024 22:13

Is it likely to have been linked to the kitchens for cold storage of food and drink?

Maybe, there is servants stairs coming off the side of the kitchen leading to one of the bedrooms

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BackOfTheMum5net · 19/03/2024 22:13

Is it likely to have been linked to the kitchens for cold storage of food and drink?

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RockHardCake · 19/03/2024 22:08

Roughly where in East Yorkshire? He actually stayed with me last night as the noises in the house had spooked him too much 😱😂 and there is definitely something creepy about the windows

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hurlyburlygirly · 19/03/2024 21:54

I actually had a childhood friend who lived in East Yorkshire whose family lived in a former hunting lodge and had a tunnel.

The whole place was ridiculously spooky. The windows used to somehow glow at night and there were constant bangs and sounds of footsteps.

Elphame · 19/03/2024 18:10

I'd be down there like a shot

My grandmother's house had a mysterious set of steps underneath the floor but she would never allow them to be explored. They were sealed up and carpeted over.

LlynTegid · 19/03/2024 18:10

A remote controlled toy car could be a way of exploring. I'd be curious just as long as a relatively safe way could be found.

getsomehelp · 19/03/2024 18:06

I know a family whose former generation owner of the family "pile" (Stage wagon stop, historic manor) ,filled the whole
below stairs kitchens etc with concrete.

"Too cold to heat"😭
Criminal

sashh · 19/03/2024 11:32

YABU to tell us about the tunnel when we can't see pictures.

PrincessFiorimonde · 19/03/2024 11:20

randomchap · 19/03/2024 09:32

I'd be concerned that it would lead to another version of the house where your DP has buttons for eyes

This made me laugh.

WeeOrcadian · 19/03/2024 10:59

If you don't go and investigate, and then provide an update with photos, I'm going to hunt you down OP!!

MaybeRevisitYourWipingT3chnique · 19/03/2024 10:50

I wonder if there have been any people in history who have deliberately added random, quirky, non-functional features to their homes - just for the enjoyment of thinking of people centuries later scratching their heads and puzzling over whatever they could be for!

I remember the first time I heard of the 'Winchester Mystery House' and I was determined to go and visit it - was gutted to discover that it was in Winchester, California; not Winchester, Hampshire!

11NigelTufnel · 19/03/2024 09:54

My first thought is a plague pit, but that's probably because I have been binge watching Ghosts recently. I would be paying someone else to investigate. The idea of it collapsing while in there is all too real.

SabrinaThwaite · 19/03/2024 09:48

Is it brick lined or carved into rock?

MaybeRevisitYourWipingT3chnique · 19/03/2024 09:46

KreedKafer · 19/03/2024 09:38

YANBU!

Under my inevitable dictatorship. there will be a law that says people who aren't prepared to investigate mysterious tunnels, secret passages and bricked-up sections of attics will be barred from owning historic properties.

Oh, I am so with you there, O Future Great One.

It also breaks my heart when people buy and destroy beautiful, unique, centuries-old, full-of-character period properties, only to replace them with a generic massive grey steel and glass box. If you don't want something, why buy it?

I've no idea how it could ever work in practice, but it's a shame we can't enact some kind of 'listed-lite' law - whereby you don't have to go through onerous bureaucracy trails every time you want to flush the toilet or plant some carrots in the garden; but only people who genuinely love and can be trusted to preserve the integrity of the place are allowed to live there in the first place!

MaybeRevisitYourWipingT3chnique · 19/03/2024 09:40

Are you sure that you haven't stumbled on his treasured Man Cave - with its plywood door designed to look like a brick wall?!

Ooh, there's a reason why Blyton never wrote Five Go To The New-Build 3-Bed Semi That's Identical To The Other 314 On The Controversial Edge-Of-Town Development Grin

KreedKafer · 19/03/2024 09:38

YANBU!

Under my inevitable dictatorship. there will be a law that says people who aren't prepared to investigate mysterious tunnels, secret passages and bricked-up sections of attics will be barred from owning historic properties.

Mama2many73 · 19/03/2024 09:38

Family member bought an old house which she knew had a basement. She boarded it up before moving in and has NEVER set foot in it or even seen pics! I think it's mental!

I'd want to investigate a Tunnel but only knowing it was safe!

KimberleyClark · 19/03/2024 09:34

It’ll more than likely lead to a storage area.

randomchap · 19/03/2024 09:32

I'd be concerned that it would lead to another version of the house where your DP has buttons for eyes

brassbells · 19/03/2024 09:31

www.wightpedia.org.uk/w/Northwood_house_ice_house I think an "ICE HOUSE" is very likely after reading this

CrepuscularCritter · 19/03/2024 09:30

LittleWeed2 · 19/03/2024 04:38

Yes could be an ice house.
ice was shipped from somewhere cold and stored underground for use through the summer.

Also thinking ice house. Have a look at the Trentham Estate in Staffordshire for an idea of how they were constructed. Apparently their network of ice houses was discovered by a student.

Our house is younger (1857 and not grand) but the cellar is a thing of beauty with massive wine racks built into an arch. There's a whole other world down there. Happy exploring!

MyDogLikesKayaking · 19/03/2024 09:28

There’s a big house in the village that was the old monastery. It has/had a tunnel to the church so the monks could go and pray in secret during the reformation period.