Removing chimney breast in Edwardian tce - out of character?

[Gentleness]

Having cold feet about this, and wondering if we should go with the original idea and make a kind of shelved alcove in the chimney breast instead.

It is a through room, with archway in between and french doors at one end. We'll keep the chimney breast in one end, but in the other part it needs sorting out, creates one unusable alcove and we don't need any kind of fire there anyway. And the new long wall would be a great place to put the piano!

But will the room look odd without it? Anyone done this and regretted it?

Ours is a bit like this (done by previous owners) Having seen neighbour's house, I realise it creates so much space. And in a through room, 2 chimney breasts can look a bit odd sometimes.

I had a house where this had already been done in my through lounge/diner (it was a 20's house) and it looked fine. Agree that you don't need a chimney breast in both rooms, and it does make a lot more useable space. Go for it!

We have a large through room and have kept both chimney breasts. Have nice fireplace lounge end and piano on the chimney breast the other end with shelves with cupboards underneath in the alcoves.
The piano makes a nice focal point in the other end of the room. Don't think it would look odd if it was removed as long as you have a fireplace in the other one.

As long as you are leaving one, I thinks that's fine! We've just moved in to a house where ALL the fireplaces and chimney breasts have been removed, and it's weird. We'd love to rebuild one but the cost for replacing it is huge, and wouldn't necessarily add that much value to the house. Boo hoo.
Enjoy the space!

A previous owner had one removed way before we moved in and we never thought a thing about it, until we decided to get a loft conversion. The first chap came to quote, poked about a bit in the loft, then pointed out that the chiney breast had been removed from downstairs and the spare bedroom, but not from the loft! Neither had it been supported in anyway, just wedged one end with a couple of spare roof tiles. Little man was in his cot in the room below, it's fair to say he got moved sharpish and an RJ was put in.

the knock through prob not original either so i wouldnt worry to much about removing one.