A British family is said to have found a secret church in a hidden cellar, while they were investigating a mystery metal grid in their home.

Pat and Diane Farla lifted the grille and their son Gareth, 20, squeezed beneath it and found the cellar, at their home in Telford, Shrops.

They were stunned to find an ancient wooden cross lying on the floor of the hidden cellar, having apparently rotted off the wall, and also newspapers from the early 1900s and empty booze bottles.

There were also seats built in around the sides of the spooky centuries-old room as if for a congregation.

He then spotted stairs leading to an opening blocked by cardboard. He tore it down and emerged in a cupboard in the dining room.

Experts say the home, built around 230 years ago, may have been built by Catholics to hold covert masses at a time when their religion was outlawed.

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“If the room dates back to the 1700s, there’s a chance it could have been used as a Catholic hideaway,” the Sun quoted local history expert Richard Westwood Brookes as saying.

He said it might also be a WWII bunker.

Meanwhile, Gareth, who explored the chapel with pal Charne-Michelle Mees, fears he may have unleashed a ghost, as a snap taken soon afterwards showed an eerie floating orb.

“It could be a coincidence, but it seems quite strange,” he added.

Source: dnaindia