A couple was shocked by an unexpected discovery in the Victorian house they were renovating.
When Emma Harrison and Rhys Stainer bought the former Malvern Hills property last year, they were shocked to see a “creepy” feature beneath a hole in the kitchen floor.
After drilling around the edges of the hole, they realized there was a 20-foot-deep pit in the middle of the kitchen floor.
on a tiktok video which has racked up more than 10 million views, Emma told her followers: ‘Last year my partner and I bought this old Victorian house and it came with this strange little feature under the kitchen floor.
“It turned out that this little hole in the ground actually turned into this… They’re really cool, but they’re also really creepy.”
Emma Harrison and Rhys Stainer were shocked after finding the “creepy” discovery in their Victorian home. In the photo: the front of his house.
The couple have been renovating the Malvern Hills property over the last year.
He then filmed the impressive pit, which they believe dates back to at least the 1880s after looking at historical maps.
They now plan to put a glass lid over the well to make it stand out in the room.
In another video, Emma, who is a designer, added: “Yes, there is a 20ft pit in the middle of our kitchen floor, and yes, that’s probably what everyone is most curious about.”
‘Last year we bought this large, beautiful Victorian house which needs a lot of TLC. “We are slowly bringing this place back to life and it is full of quirky surprises.”
And answering people’s questions, he confirmed that there is no smell coming out of the well, that there is no mold and that it is in good condition.
The couple found a 20-foot-deep pit in the middle of their kitchen floor after seeing a hole.
However, not everyone was convinced, with viewers commenting that it looked like something out of a “horror movie.”
They wrote: ‘I’ve seen The Ring. close it’;
‘Don’t you think there’s a reason it was concreted with about 50 layers?’;
‘Cool feature, but do you really want to stare into the abyss when all the lights are off?’;
“Glass is great and all, but how about a hatch for guests who overstay their welcome?”;
‘You just opened a portal for ghosts, girl’; ‘This is how horror movies based on the true beginning begin’;
However, not everyone was convinced, with viewers commenting that it looked like something out of a “horror movie.”
‘100% chance your house is haunted.’
This unique property also has a former winery, which they plan to convert into a speakeasy-style bar next year.
The couple, who live there with their two Rottweilers, are also renovating the building’s large addition.
Emma and Rhys aren’t the only couple to discover a well in their home.
First-time buyer Shaniah Lloyd, 28, and her partner Ross Bennett, 25, were lifting the floorboards of their Edwardian home when they unearthed the ring of bricks with a deep hole in front of their picture window.
When Kevin Mort, 48, decided to install his own underfloor heating in his 18th-century home, he was surprised to find a 300-year-old well filled with water just inches under the dining table.