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Bringing old homes up to scratch is nothing out of the ordinary for property renovators Andrew and George Hartley

But this professional couple nearly jumped out their skin when greeted by their most recent form of preservation - as a mummified cat fell on them.

The couple got a face full of the ancient feline as they removed ceilings from an 18th century property in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.

Mr Hartley was removing plasterwork and ceilings, to assess what work was needed, when the strange discovery fell from within the roof.

He said 'It is well preserved, and I think it has very likely been up there over 100 years at least.

'We had a look on the internet and it seems that this sort of find is quite uncommon.'

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