Tony is just a natural born problem solver. Happy birthday Tony

💜💙💚 Happy Birthday Tony! 🎂🎉

Vinegar (probably originally wine) + limestone (the rocks) = calcium acetate + water + carbon dioxide

How exciting! Well done Tony!

Congratulations, you have a Harry Potter themed mini-gite. A cupboard under the stairs.

"La Digue" is one of the smaller islands of the Seychelles. The Seychelles remained part of France until 1814, when it passed to the British. It is still possible to observe strong French influences in the reality of the Seychelles, not only in surnames and geographical names, but also in the cuisine and language.

Great double header Jane! I love a good mystery. Perhaps the Harry Potter room was originally a jail for hooligans. Wasn’t this a former coaching and had a lot of military traffic etc? Maybe it was a place to keep prisoners in transit to a prison? The original door may have been Removed to add the stairs which appear to have been added at a later date? It might also explain why the stones were used on the floor in the room above it. There was no digging out!☠️ Anyway, great vlog(s) and thank you for taking us along.

Jane, I enjoyed this so much. You could always sell those bottles as the worlds best concrete cleaner or as paint remover. Good thing Tony has you to keep him alive.😂

It's a shame the old building has been chopped up. It would have been interesting to see it restored back to a single home. It's a beautiful building

Oh……… so it’s Happy Birthday Tony 🍷🍺 The elusive person was on the hanging swing seat, in a window reflection

Part 2 was just as enjoyable as Part 1. Thank you Jane.

I think the lower room was a wine cellar and sink to clean the bottles. Upper just storage room or linen cupboard. Or they could have kept veg and meats in that room didn't want people helping themselves hence the metal bars. Those stairs are lovely though. Don't drink any of that seriously. Empty them and keep the bottles. Ask Edd and Anna Holmes of 'Bordeaux Life' they own a winery might be able to help you identify. Happy Birthday Tony all the best wishes. I hope you haven't made yourself ill Jane :( On further reflection I would just use it for storage and just make it available for that sure you two have things to store.

such an interesting puzzle, love watching to see what is new

Jane I think the long object you found in the upstairs room could be an antique fishing net mending needle I saw a picture of one on vinted and it looked pretty similar x

Since the liquid bubbles and it can bleach stone, perhaps what was transferred into the bottles so many years ago would/could have been (or is) hydrochloric acid. You might want to contact local officials and let them know. Whatever you do, do not dump it into your waste pipes, do not add water to it, the liquid could be very toxic and dangerous.

Happy birthday Tony 🥳🎂🎉🍺 you found some treasures in time for your party 😂 kidding aside very interesting find a secret room, take care and see you both next time 💕🌼🤗

The room on the upper floor would make a nice laundry/linen room for the rentals. Keep everything together and close. Plus. Cleaning supplies could be kept in there as well.

Maybe they remodelled and put a new staircase in blocking up the doorway?

Good fun. Happy B-day Tony. Thanks Jane.

I love secret rooms. Enjoyed both parts 1 and 2. Happy seeing both you and Tony work together as you rebuild parts of your property.

It made me laugh Tony saying oh yes. Very interesting video ❤ Happy birthday Tony 🎉

A nice discovery .. with the acid in the bottles or what ever it was, You have some good cleaner to use Jane😂Glad Tony did not try it . Alot you can do with that building which I am sure you have some plans for. Thankyou for Sharing Jane and Tony. A bientot😘

The recess under the sink might have been for a bucket. Does the sink have a hole? 🤔(My grandparents in Burgundy, France had a stone sink with a bucket underneath. They didn’t use modern soap on the dishes so the water (with any leftover food bits) could be mixed with other leftovers for the pigs. They didn’t have running water. You had to fetch it from a pump/ spring that wasn’t very close to home. As a result, every drop was important. 😅🤓😊

That was fun figuring out the old bottles. I love that staircase!! It is a shame is hidden in the basement.

The railing of the stairs is very beautiful . The wine bottles and interesting.

Could the thing for hanging coats be for holding bridles or harnesses from the days of horse drawn vehicles? Happy Birthday Tony.

That’s so interesting thanks for filming it all Jane

I wonder- with the bars being there and a sink- maybe it is a room that is for estate farmers to pay their rents, bring goods from the farms and/or buy wine. Paying farm hands, servants.

Interesting love the stone sink looks neat . Pleased Tony never drank the old wine but interesting find .

Dear Tony, glad to see all the garbage gone from top secret room and now it is ready for your magnificent carpentry magic to begin. glad to see the inside of the secret room downstairs behind the staircase, the little door might be able to be made higher by removing the raised door step. The little gem room could be a hidden retreat for you both, to rest, relax, to read or listen to your favourite music a Zen room

Happy birthday Tony ..have a great day! 🎊🎉🎊🎉 Thanks Jane for these 2 great videos !! So interesting and also wonderful that you are still making discoveries at your place!! ❤❤

Hello from Nashville, Tennessee Janie, and Tony, what a master's degree you must have to figure out how your home is built! Jane, if anyone can find out about your bottles should be a wine shop in your town I hope! Someone should have information in your local arcades I hope! I am hoping for the best for you both! Good hunting!

Bottle Label from what can be detected is: "Sete de la COMP" Sete = en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A8te COMP = Compagnie So that is Compagnie of the Sete Also on the label: SALES & = Sales & devere = de vere = glass 002 ANALY = Analysis LA SOURICE = The source Hope that helps

Gosh Jane, it will be interesting to know how old all the wine really is. Like you said, it could possibly come in handy as a weed killer.

Great job on the secret room. Looking forward to what you do with it. Just had a holiday here, Canada Day , July 1st. And celebrated my birthday with family.

😮 You have your own prison cell… 😮 These old places are always so intriguing!! Thank you for sharing your journey with us! You two are the cutest!!! I love your adventures!!

Happy birthday Tony!

I was wondering if the room below with the “sink” could be where the slaughtered animals (bucket under the sink for blood). It would then make sense that the racks could have been where they hung the meat to cure. Hmmm… I wonder…

An old pantry type room for wine& valuable food stuffs?

Pretty stairwell

Caught tracy lounging in the swing, 😂

This part of the chateau has so much potential for rentals....all so exciting. Thank you Jane and Tony!

Was it maybe a hidy hole. Was the cupboard in place to cover an opening. Just a thought. All very interesting for sure 👌

How cool is that? To find those bottles 😃

Very much looking forward to binge watching these two!!! What an exciting and fun place you and tony have! ❤ much love xx

Keep Tony busy ,for sometime ,rebuilding ,but he does look happy working ,Thanks Jane the video was great ,

So exciting seeing parts of the house you hadn't already seen ❤

Thank you for the two part video, very interesting. Do you know the date for that part of the house? Must go back to medieval times or earlier.

I wonder if the wine turned to vinegar, and the lime in the stones caused the fizzing reaction? I was so excited when you found wine, and was going to ask you to save some to try when my sister and I visit in October, but I'm having second thoughts, hahaha!

How cool to finally get into sealed rooms! I'm not expert, but the timber frame construction with waddle and daub looks like 16th century construction. I also wonder if the wall with the tiny door in it was originally an exterior wall? They needed more room, so they built on from outside? With the stone basin, and the wine - a larder perhaps?

Looks like before the side building was built, there was a small kitchen annex to the main house with a stone ground floor and a half timbered upper floor, that later become a part of the new side building, and your secret rooms are just what remains of it.

Jane what a blessing you kept Tony from drinking mystery bottles. Hopefully it will put him off. Secret rooms were great fun.. are you going to board up the gaps? Don’t want Tom cats or polecats in there. Happy Birthday Tony. Us cancerians must stick together 🥳🥳🥳👌👌👏👏

You will need some kind of security on that window...perhaps ornamental 'rejars' like Spain!

You may use it for a Linen storage room? Happy birthday Tony :) Very interesting post. Well done.

Happy Birthday Tony! 👍

Happy Birthday Tony!!!!

Thanks for showing us that - the two blogs were really interesting to watch!

It probably says ‘handle with extreme care-home made Nitroglycerin’ !!!!!! 😳

Jane I think that was a saddle rack not a coat rack.

It seems like it was a room they imprisoned someone fascinating 🌸

You're both wonderful not quite chateau restorers of history. Loving your video's since the very start. Looking forward to you both reaching 10k subscribers, well deserved and about time.

Intresting love trying to figure out 🤔what the spaces were used for 👍🤗 Happy Birthday 🎂🍻 Tony 🍾 See you both in the next one 🍰☕🍰☕💐🌹💐 Love Sue ❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤

Maybe it was a room for the maids or cooks to live in or rest!

Great fun Jane!

The old wall in the downstairs room looks like the original outside wall but I am not an expert. Great find, loved watching the videos. Best wishes.

💕Wow you could make the room under the stairs your secret pantry or for excess cleaning products💕

Maître Tony en action 😊😊😊

thats pretty cool!

That was good fun for sure, thanks for sharing! Jane, why is there light coming through the side where the new roof is at the top of the wall? Is that part of the wall or the roof?

Well there was an old wine bottle racking on the wall in your garden near the well…… wasn’t there ?

Potasseis Potash. Poison not wine

Great vlogs Jane. I really enjoyed watching.

cool deux vlog à la suite à bientôt

Saddle rack not coats.

Maybe that’s why the room was sealed-up with bars on the window. It was used as a store for acid or something lethal. 🥴😳

Interesting discoveries! Do you suppose the stone sink in the downstairs room was located there because it was next to the passageway that led to the well making it easier to obtain water? Whatever is in those bottles looks deadly! I don't want to see you and Tony sampling them with Nick & Clare on "Wine of the Week!"

Maybe you can take down the cupboard (closet?) and enlarge the gite into that space / room. A little extra floor space for the gite and that room wouldn't go to waste againa win-win. Anyway, the little sink would make a nice talking point for the bigger room...BTW, I think you can tell the age of the wine by the shape of the bottle. I know Burgundy's wines shape evolved over time. If you're closer to Bordeaux you'd have to look to see how its shape / size likewise evolved. A little project for your neice's smartphone I think...

What a great discovery! Jane that bottom room would make a lovely office or craft room! Xx

It's like your very own drive-thru window from the walkway. Is there a way to make an entrance from inside the house? Seems odd it would be completely blocked off. Good thingTony didn't kill himself tasting that wine, another example of why women life longer than men .😆

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What will you be using these rooms for ? Do you have floor plans showing what’s been completed and what needs to be done ?

If the outside wall is not being rendered till September what stops the rain coming in.

Tiny Cav? Fortunate you didn't all taste the wine/battery acid 😂

It’s a Prison Cell. 😳😳😳

Jane use your Google Camera

Why didnt she google lens the bottles to find it

Maybe that room was a separate building (it looks older than the other ajoining part) At some point the whole wing was added on and built onto that prison cell room !!!! ?

Could the gap under the sink have been for a fire to heat water? Could you link the room to the gite?

Do u think that it was potassium or something you put in wine when making it? Thanks for the video.

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You need Jesus to turn that water in wine. Sorry, bad joke. Yes, it does appear to be corrosive. I assume one of the minerals may contain sulfur. That would explain the nasty smell and the bubbling.. At one point you and Tony were in the top and you said you better be careful cause you did't want to fall through. Tony said, no, cause you would make a mess. I cracked up laughing. He is hilarious. There are some cool thing there. That rail thing looks like old fashioned curtain rods that had pully system to open and close. I hope you can reuse the coke hook. It is nice to meet your neice and neighbor. Crack on Tony. Great job. At least the window is in for weather protection till Sept when the boys come back. After all the bad weather you had, I hope the summer is great. We are expected higher Temps here by next Sunday. Enjoy one another and see you in the next one. Cheers.❤

That tiny area could’ve been a priest soul if the window was covered up or where they kept prisoners

World's Fair Exhibition? If yes, you should be able to research.

Try your google translate on your phone

Great double header Jane! I love a good mystery. Perhaps the Harry Potter room was originally a jail for hooligans. Wasn’t this a former coaching and had a lot of military traffic etc? Maybe it was a place to keep prisoners in transit to a prison? The original door may have been Removed to add the stairs which appear to have been added at a later date? It might also explain why the stones were used on the floor in the room above it. There was no digging out!☠️ Anyway, great vlog(s) and thank you for taking us along.