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BOUNCING BACK 27th February - 22nd March
This is a celebration of Cockermouth and its people.
Paintings by Peter Quinn
Photographs from Local People
30 minute film footage of the floods and aftermath
Please note the gallery will be open daily during this exhibition except Thursdays and Sundays.
Castlegate, with the Salvation Army Citadel (built on the site of Aberdeen Castle) and the Mercat Cross, dating from 1686.
Fairfax House, Castlegate, York, 1755-62.
By John Carr of York (1723-1807).
For Viscount Fairfax of Emley.
Grade l listed.
The Dining Room.
The Dining Room is notable for the wonderful stuccoed ceiling above the dining table. The ceiling was recently restored after years of water damage; a task that took over 1,000 hours to complete. The dining table setting changes frequently, representing as closely as possible actual meals known to have taken place here.
Above the mantle is a portrait by an unknown artist of Admiral Robert Fairfax (1665-1725) who famously captured Gibraltar for Britain in 1704.
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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.
Friday March 2nd - Today Debs (Maxtours26) came over to take some shots from around sheffield city centre. We went to some places I've never been before! Had a lovely time - thanks Debs for coming to play!
Look Again Festival with The Mannie o' the Well statue by Philip Thompson, Castlegate, Aberdeen, April 2015
BOUNCING BACK 27th February - 22nd March
This is a celebration of Cockermouth and its people.
Paintings by Peter Quinn
Photographs from Local People
30 minute film footage of the floods and aftermath
Please note the gallery will be open daily during this exhibition except Thursdays and Sundays.
Fairfax House, Castlegate, York, 1755-62.
By John Carr of York (1723-1807).
For Viscount Fairfax of Emley.
Grade l listed.
The Drawing Room.
The Drawing Room is situated directly beside the Red Saloon, providing a more intimate room for private entertaining or simply relaxing. The room is furnished with some superb pieces of period furniture and finished with green damask wallpaper featuring an artichoke pattern that was popular in the Georgian period.
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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.