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Fairfax House, Castlegate, York, 1755-62.
By John Carr of York (1723-1807).
For Viscount Fairfax of Emley.
Grade l listed.
Sedan Chair.
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.
Look Again Festival with The Mannie o' the Well statue by Philip Thompson, Castlegate, Aberdeen, April 2015
Look Again Festival with The Mannie o' the Well statue by Philip Thompson, Castlegate, Aberdeen, April 2015
Picture of Hole 8 from CastleGate Minigolf in New Jersey. See our review at www.theputtingpenguin.com
Fairfax House, Castlegate, York, 1755-62.
By John Carr of York (1723-1807).
For Viscount Fairfax of Emley.
Grade l listed.
Figures in Classical Ruins.
Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765) (school of).
Oil on canvas, c1720.
Panini (or Pannini) was born in Piacenza, but from 1711 worked in Rome. He probably studied architectural drawing at Piacenza. He was employed on decorative frescoes and painted architectural views.
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.
Picture of Hole 14 from CastleGate Minigolf in New Jersey. See our review at www.theputtingpenguin.com