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Obviously a small fragment of a design shown more fully in the border of 2b here:
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Located in the Castlegate, the Aberdeen Mercat Cross was built in 1686 by John Montgomery, a local mason, reputedly at the cost of £100. This fine structure comprises a large hexagonal base for a vertical post topped with a white unicorn. The base is highly decorated, including medallions illustrating ten of the Stewart monarchs; namely James I to James V, Mary Queen of Scots, James VI, Charles I and II, and James VII.
The Mercat Cross was traditionally the site of miscellaneous public punishments, together with Royal proclamations.
Mirrored pavilion in Castlegate, Aberdeen designed by Lucy Fisher from Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Robert Gordon University (RGU) for the Festival of Architecture and Look Again Festival 2016
Equipment has started being delivered to the Castlegate so work can begin on phase two of the £14 million streetscape regeneration project after utility companies had already completed preparation works in Q3/4 2025.
This is part of the larger Aberdeen City Centre and Beachfront masterplan set out by Aberdeen City Council.
They plan to transform the historic area by adding significant greening through use of planters, restoration of Mercat Cross, the repositioning of the Gordon Highlanders statue with additional seating for a better setting for those wishing to pay there respect and outside seating for cafes.
Several additional design features will be added including better surfaces, separation for pedestrians and cyclists. They hope that this will serve as a better link between Union Street and the Beachfront.
It is expected to take 12 months according to the ACC website, I've attached copies of the Illustrations of the designs in the last two photos of this post (ACC)
Fairfax House, Castlegate, York, 1755-62.
By John Carr of York (1723-1807).
For Viscount Fairfax of Emley.
Grade l listed.
Long Case Clock.
Noel Terry & his Collection.
An exceptional collection from the golden age of English cabinet-making and clock-making forms the centrepiece to the Noel Terry Collection.
Born in York in 1889, Noel Terry was the longstanding chairman and great grandson of the founder of the confectionery business, Terry’s of York. Over the course of his lifetime he formed an outstanding collection of Georgian domestic furniture and clocks which Christie’s have stated to be one of the best private collections of mid-eighteenth-century English furniture. The collection was originally housed at Goddards, Noel and Kathleen Terry’s Arts and Crafts style-home. He bought each piece on its own merit and was not interested in creating interiors in the style of the eighteenth century.
Terry’s tastes in collecting furniture were particular and surprisingly consistent, a dislike of gilding and anything too ornate, coupled with a demand for excellent quality. The collection, however, is not only significant because of its exceptional quality, but also because of its provenance. Indeed, its completeness as a collection (kept together in nearly its full entirety) helps to illustrate Terry’s collecting passions, the development of his taste and the evolutions which took place in the process of collecting in the 20th century.
A passionate lover of the city of his birth, in 1946 Terry was one of the four Founders of York Civic Trust, for which he served as Honorary Treasurer for twenty five years. It was this that led to his determination that the collection should remain for the benefit of the City of York and, after his death in 1979, his trustees offered the collection to the Civic Trust as a gift on the proviso that it was placed on permanent display.
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Fairfax House is a triumph of Georgian design. Bought by Charles Gregory, 9th Viscount Fairfax of Emley, for £2000 in 1759, he employed master architect John Carr of York to transform the existing building into a magnificent and fashionable townhouse. Lord Fairfax gifted the house to his sole surviving child making Anne Fairfax a property-owning woman in her own right.
Here both Anne and her Father spent the winter season. Standing on the thriving street of Castlegate, the main thoroughfare to York Castle, and sitting on the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss, Fairfax House was at the very centre of York’s polite society and perfectly positioned as a base from which to enjoy York’s burgeoning city-life and social scene.