What kind of building is this and where??

[LizzieW]

The headless woman looks like a dress (wedding?) on a stand to me.

Liz

[PrueM]

It still does look a bit ghostly ('specially in the negative - I clicked that link too    ) but it looks more solid now that I've managed to resolve that other bit of ironwork in my brain.  The 'ghost' seems to be between the main bed and the other bedhead.  Could be something on a stand as Gadget suggested.

Gadget, what did you mean by a glass ceiling?    It looks like a crypt to me, but a very fine one, i.e. not an old medieval one, but one built specifically for lots of use by living people 

That automaton freaks me out - and I agree that the floor is on a lean at that side.  Either that or the furniture all has uneven legs!

Prue

[stockman fred]

I get the feeling that it's upstairs rather than down in a  basement.
From the smart ceiling and rather heavy walls, could it be a bigger room that's had a false floor put in, like the chapel in a big house as folks have said before, but with the original gallery at the end. Where my sister lives , the local big house has a chapel with a musicians' gallery with little doors for access. It looks vaguely similar.
Fred
ps the added floor could explain the lean to starboard

[Gadget]

I just think it looks like a ceiling Prue - just my instincts - no rational reason    but I also think that the ghost is a reflection in a mirror of the photographer under his sheet  - especially in the original 

Gadget

[d.weaving]

Interesting pic this..I've just viewed it through my camera lens and everything about it tells me its a mock up of some sort...I think Gadget is right on this one...BUT why am I also getting the feeling it could also be a very expensive dolls house???strange that.

Derek.

[Lydart]

Points from above:  I know what I'm missing in the non-drinking thing ... it gives me blinding headaches ... and not drunken ones, but plain and simple migraine !  It can sometimes be a problem in my job ... ref back to what I wrote after Christmas !

The 'bishops cope' someone suggested is the wrong shape for a bishops cope.  I think its more likely the ghost of Christmas Past, especially as this room has a Dickensian air about it ... Miss Haversham just exited right ...

Gosh, I hope I sleep well tonight; another funeral tomorrow !

[Lydart]

... and having had another look at it, has anyone any idea about the big studs to the top and right of the picture ?  Or are they part of the frame holding the slide ?

[pompeyboy]

BUT why am I also getting the feeling it could also be a very expensive dolls house???strange that.

Derek.

Not as strange as what i thought Derek..i keep getting a picture of a big tent/marquee,don't know why it's just a feeling

Steve

[cheshiremog]

Hope you don't mind me joining in.  I think it looks like an attic, possibly a servant's room ? The bed on the right I think is a single bed which is about 3 ft wide at most so the room is not very big - maybe not big enough to be a meeting room or a church. It looks like the ceiling isn't very high either - espacially where the ceiling slopes down.  It's a super room - reminds me of my daughter's bedroom ! (not minimalist at all !)  The shape back right could be a Victorian dress on a dress holder/dummy ? Is the word for puppet - marionette ? -Can't spell it though !