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Yes it looks like it was intended to be painted and I have found an almost identical fire surround which is painted in a book on Edwardian interiors. Apparently, servants were getting harder to hire and paint was used to make things easier to keep clean. Also it was the fashion to have light...

That is great info Chrispy and it really does pay to ask an expert; I have found one of those nail holes you mention (it is perfectly round and looks like a drill hole) and it is filled with white putty! The putty is still like putty and I marked it with my finger nail. Perhaps the paint has...

Here are some better pictures. There is still paint in the grain. The bare wood is incredibly smooth.

Thank you very much for your replies. It is such a long time since I did woodworking at school. Once upon a time I was able to recognise commonly used woods without difficulty but now I have forgotten it all and trying to recognise wood still very mucky with paint is just too tricky for me. I do...

OK. Yes I realise the picture is dreadful. It's certainly not what my internal doors are made of. They seem to be some kind of pine that was lacquered before it was painted with gloss paint. It's a shellac lacquer that dissolves in meths. Same with the skirting boards. I can see the lacquer was...

Firstly let me introduce myself as this is my first post on the forum. I'm Stephen. I'm a doctor from Croydon, UK. I am currently renovating/restoring my house. I have a question regarding the identification of the wood that a fire surround is made of. This fire surround is original to my...