nightjar cpb@ wrote:
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On Apr 11, 2:52 pm, Stuart Noble
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In this area square balusters were all the rage in the 30s.

I probably didn't explain it clearly enough ...

No, you misunderstood the answer. The chances are that, if there are
balusters behind the panelling, they are simple square pieces of timber.
Modernism, much inspired by Bauhaus, was the building style of the 1930s and
the turned bits of wood liked by the Victorians were definitely passé.

Yes I recently renovated a postwar ex-council house which had hideous
panelled balusters, and I had to make a similar judgement as to whether
there was anything decent behind the plywood: in the end I had to pry
off the corner of one piece... which revealed just a stud framework of
rough-sawn timber. Back went the panel!

I think you'll have to have a look to be su even if there were
originally good balusters underneath and they've been Barrybucknellised,
it's still possible that they could have been irretrievable damaged in
the process (often happened with panelled doors where the moulding was
raised).

David