A number of eerie photographs have surfaced that show the inside of a Pickering farmhouse’s containment room, days after the building was torched to the ground in a mysterious overnight fire.

A total of four photos were obtained by CBC News and published late Friday evening.

PHOTOS: Inside the ‘dungeon’

The low-resolution images show several different angles of the room, which is believed to be 12-by-8-feet, and was located in the basement of the abandoned 136-year-old home at 140 Concession Rd. 7 in Pickering.

The dungeon-style room was discovered in December of last year. Police described it as having a heavy door with several locks designed to trap someone inside.

The home itself had last been inspected by Transport Canada in November 2010, but the mysterious room did not exist at that time.

In the photos published by CBC News, the room appears to have cold, white walls and a dingy cream-coloured tile floor.

In one photo, steel-linked chains hang from the ceiling, and a ragged white-painted bench is pushed against one wall, stretching the length of the room.

An unnamed source interviewed by CBC News said the room had been heavily fortified when it was discovered by contractors in mid-December and the door into the room was constructed from layers of lumber.

Speaking as if they’d been inside the room, the source told CBC News the windows in the room were strong enough a crowbar could not break them.

Another image shows four large jugs of water tucked neatly against the wall under the bench.

The source speculated that based on the appearance and contents of the room, it could have been used to hold a hostage or even torture someone.

However, any remaining evidence on who constructed the dungeon-style room and their apparent plans for it, now lies singed and in ashes.

A suspicious fire on the property erupted shortly after midnight on Friday, and by later that afternoon a blackened brick chimney was all that remained standing.

In an earlier story published by the Star Durham police said they were performing an exhaustive forensic search at the farmhouse.

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The house was last inhabited approximately five years ago, but police said the former tenants are not suspects.

With files from Liam Casey and Alexandra Posadzki