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After some advice on how best to tackle the below. Was hidden behind some very '70s tongue and groove pine cladding. one wall is i am guessing victorian wood the other a small bit of plaster that has seen better days and finally a small bit of plaster board on the ceiling that i guess is simply skim and it'll be fine?
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Could you plasterboard over the wood, then pink it?
As for the solid wall i think youll have to hack off whats loose, then build it back up in sand cement, then pink it.
it would leave a slight step at the bottom but i am sure the end of the plaster board could be chamfered to match the ceiling at the bottom?
And i thought it might come down to remove the crap then fill in the holes for the other wall.
Depends on how you would like to live with it once you've worked on it?
What sort of look and feel are you after?
You may like a rustic feel, or something a lot more contemporary, or something in-between? Within limits, lots of options and methods.
You may consider carefully removing the boards, clean them up, get them dipped perhaps and use them for anything elsewhere in the house?
Narrow it down and Im sure you'll have lots of ideas on a theme.
Loathe to take the wood down because of what might be behind it and to be honest, a reasonably smooth plastered wall is all i am looking for. The house is 150years old so happy to accept the odd imperfection but the current crumbling mess is a little bit much.
Okay, then I would go with xcr's suggestions and you'll get a good finish.
You may need to over batten the boards before dry-lining if some have curled enough not to give you a reasonably flat surface. Check to make sure the boards are fixed well too!