Skeleton in the closet, Aston Hall, Aston, Birmingham, 1895-1905. This building was one of the first historic buildings to be used as a municipal visitor attraction. For a while this skeleton of a woman sat in the hidden room beneath the stairs. A porter's chair swung on hinges and could be pinned back into place to conceal the space behind. Photographed by Percy Thomas Deakin between 1885-1905.