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Fairfax House is a Georgian townhouse located at No. 27, Castlegate, York, England, near Clifford's Tower and York Castle Museum. It was probably built in the early 1740s for a local merchant and in 1759 it was purchased by Charles Gregory Fairfax, 9th Viscount Fairfax of Emley , who arranged for the interior to be remodelled by John Carr .
Further along the street lies Fairfax House, another Grade I listed Georgian house, which is open to the public as a museum, run by York Civic Trust. R. K. Booth described Castlegate as "outwardly perhaps the more interesting of the two". [1] The house was commissioned by Peter Johnson, who served as Recorder of York from 1759 to 1789. [2]
Among the buildings accessible in whole or part to the public today are Buxton Crescent, Newark Town Hall, virtually all his bridges, Harewood House, Tabley House, Clifton House (now a museum in Rotherham), Lytham Hall and Fairfax House at 27 Castlegate York, now the headquarters of York Civic Trust.
In the Georgian period, Castlegate was a desirable location, and the mansions of Fairfax House and Castlegate House were erected. It was shortened slightly in 1826, when the castle's prison was extended. The street lost importance after 1881, when Clifford Street was constructed to its west, providing a more direct route out of the city.
York Civic Trust was founded in 1946 in a meeting at the Mansion House between four residents of York: John Bowes Morrell, Oliver Sheldon, Eric Milner-White and Noel Terry. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The impetus for the founding of the Civic Trust came from an increasing concern about post-war planning and over-development.
Minor alterations were made in the 1750s by John Carr, who was engaged in remodelling the interior of the prominent Fairfax seat in York, Fairfax House, in Castlegate. [ 4 ] On the death of Mrs Barnes (Lavinia Fairfax) in 1885, this branch of the family became extinct and the castle, after passing through several hands, was bought by Ampleforth ...
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Fairfax House was occupied as business space until 1997, when it was moved across Manchester Road to a site next to the Rock Hill Presbyterian Church. In 2001, the Rock Hill Historic Preservation Commission said it was seeking private funds for a $300,000 to $400,000 renovation to turn the house into an interpretative learning center. [ 1 ]