Bummerlhaus

The Bummerlhaus is a gothic constructing in Steyr, Austria. It is the best preserved past due Gothic mansion in Steyr, and is one of the greatest medieval secular homes in Austria. The oldest a part of the building dates from the thirteenth century, and it is first referred to in files dating from 1450. The residence is a typical Steyr layout, including a richly decorated façade dealing with the square, in the back of which lies the house and three courtyards with arcades. It has a steep hipped roof.

The façade facing the square on the primary ground has a cantilevered, stone carved, extensive bay window, which spans the entire elevation, decorated with blind arcades and a rich frieze with quatrefoil tracery, among which the five windows are positioned asymmetrically. Above the slim roof of the wide bay window rises a brick gable wall with blind arches of brick. The call of the house stems from its onetime seal from its days as an resort that contained a lion the human beings of Steyr jokingly said seemed like a canine.