Can i remove this post under stairs (Ed.)

[davebrian]

Hello, ibhave this corner of my room which was inherited like this when we bought it.

It seems that this once was a cupboard but they have opened it up.

Before I make it a cupboard again is there any way this could be opened up at all and Id so what would be involved.

Or any other ideas what I could do here.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

That looks like a post supporting the landing above, suspect you'll need to expose what's what before you can be sure of anything. I would expect the trimming for the floor (ie the hole in the floor made for the stair) would be achieved by the floor itself but the question remains is would the floor be able to support the landing without that post? Got some more photos?