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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 .
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.
Fairfax House, a Georgian house run by York Civic Trust; JORVIK Viking Centre (YAT) The King's Manor, now part of the University of York; The Mansion House, the Georgian house of York's Lord Mayors; Medieval churches of York including: All Saints' Church, North Street; Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate; St Denys's Church, Walmgate
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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]
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The former San Carlo's Restaurant, a longtime York County hub for dancing, drinks and food along Route 30, will hop once again − only without the dancing and bright yellow '51 Chevy on the roof.