On 18/12/15 11:49, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Peter Johnson
writes
On Thu, 17 Dec 2015 13:46:53 -0800 (PST), Murmansk
wrote:

The suggestion about the picture rail having been removed is
interesting but my gut feeling it's not that. This is however the
kind of house that might have had a kind of plate display shelf in
the hall downstairs. I don't think it's the era for a picture rail.

My parents' 1930s semi had picture rails, and cavity walls.

Our Victorian farmhouse has a chair rail in one of the upstairs rooms.
Presumably once used as a lounge although my parents used it as a bedroom.

'Chair rail' = 'Dado rail' ??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dado_%28architecture%29

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