Kitchen renovation reveals 400-year-old friezes in York flat

Discovery of wall paintings of national significance in Micklegate flat is ‘bonkers’, says Luke Budworth

A man renovating his kitchen has found a 400-year-old wall painting of “national significance” in his York flat.

Parts of the friezes, dating back to about 1660, were found by kitchen fitters in Luke Budworth’s flat on Micklegate in York city centre last year and have since been fully uncovered.