Hi,
I’m just after thoughts as to whether the timber post pictured in the attached photo would have been installed for any structural reason?
We live in a Victorian terraced house where the original handrail and bannisters for the stairs had been replaced in the 60s/70s with timber post horizontal ranch-style handrail and banister features. We’ve since replaced these and reinstated the wall on the ground floor after when we did a loft conversion.
The timber post is not original and is made up of 4 separate pieces of wood glued together and covered in wallpaper.
We obviously want to remove it but don’t know if it’s safe to do so.
Thanks
