Robert "Mouseman" Thompson Boardroom Panelling, 1934 and 1963
(Removed from Otto House, Bradford)

A Door Surround, with castellated top, carved with 1934/GEORGE AND MARY WERE REIGNING, 7' ½" (215cm ) high, 3' 8" (112cm) wide; enclosing A Panelled Door, with two carved repeating panels, fitted with wrought iron handle, latch and three hinges, 6' 8" (203cm) high, 3'1" (94cm) wide; Panelling, thirteen various lengths, all with castellated top and repeating carved panels (excluding fireplace and door surround), 7' high (274.5cm); Right Hand Integral Bench, with curved end terminating in a carved monk's head with carved mouse below, seat 6' (183cm) long, 18" (46cm) deep, end 7' (213.5cm) high, 4" (10cm) thick, to the right of the end panel a unique hidden carved "nodding" mouse in a mouse hole; Left Hand Integral Bench, with curved end terminating in a carved devil's head (poking his tongue out), no mouse, seat 6' (183cm) long, 18" (46cm) deep, end 7' (213.5cm) high, 4" (10cm) thick; Fireplace, with castellated top above seven panels, the centre panel carved with an armorial and Virtue Fideqve, flanked on each side with three further panels depicting medieval profile busts (48cm by 22cm), above a mantel, one end fitted with a cupboard door (2'¼" by 1'2"), with four carved mice, two on inside of fire inset piece opposite one another, and two on each end just below the mantel frieze, the fireplace itself of plank construction, 87" (221cm) wide, with integral fender, externally 87" (221cm) wide, 19 ¾" (50cm) deep, internally 69 ¾" (117cm) wide, 11" (28cm) deep; and Fire Irons and Grate

The thirteen panels measure (left to right), excluding the fireplace and door

19" (21.5cm)
55" (139.5cm)
70 ½" (179cm)
54" (137cm)
29 ½" (75cm)
45" (114.5cm)
6' (183cm)
6' (183cm)
45" (144.5cm)
29" (73.5cm)
71" (180.5cm)
69 ½" (176.5cm)
70" (177.5cm)


Removed from initial site at Grattan Warehouse, to now named Otto House in 1963.