Bressumur
Bressumur
Bressumur
Bressumur
Bressumur
Bressumur
Bressumur
Bressumur
Bressumur
Bressumur
Bressumur
Bressumur
Bressumur

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A timber-framed and plastered house with an elaborately carved bressumur set between oak leaves. At the centre a Tudor rose is set under a crown and supported by a dragon and cat. From the east the figures are: a man seated at a block cutting with a butcher’s axe; a monkey holding a scroll in one hand; a merchant wearing an overcoat, belted at the waist, riding a donkey, holding a baton/stick on an elaborate saddle over a woollen fleece; the coat-of arms in the centre; a seated monkey eating a fruit while holding his behind; a stylised lion flicking his tail; a chained bear.
Title

Bressumur

Date

16th C–17th C

Medium

wood

Measurements

H 40 x W 300 x D 10 cm (E)

Accession number

CO8_TJ_S100

Work type

Building

Owner

W. A. Church and Sons

Custodian

W. A. Church and Sons

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II* (England and Wales)

Listing date

10/01/53

Access

at all times

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Located at

High Street, Bures

CO8 5JQ

Sited at the W. A. Church Ltd premises.