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Garforth House is a grade I listed building in York, England. The house lies at 54 Micklegate, in the city centre. The site was occupied by two tenements in early-18th century, one of which was purchased by William Garforth, and the other by his nephew, Edmund Garforth. In the 1750s, they cleared the site for the construction of Garforth House ...
On the south-east side, buildings include the Bay Horse, built about 1820, with an ice house behind it; the 18th-century 24 Monkgate; 36 Monkgate, completed in 1798; the Grade II* listed Middleton House, built about 1700; the early-18th century 40 Monkgate; 42 Monkgate, built by George Hudson; an 18th-century malt kiln; and 44 Monkgate, built ...
Formerly the prebendal house of Cave and, later, Fenton, [2] Fenton House, at 9 Precentor's Court, is a Grade II* listed building dating to 1680. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] In 2013, the eight-bedroom home was put on the market for £1.1 million.
The place-name Garforth appears first in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Gereford and Gereforde, with gar-spellings first appearing in 1336 in the form Garford. [3] [4] The name seems to derive from the Norse words gāra ('triangular plot of land', derived from the word gār, 'spear') and ford ('ford)', and thus meant 'ford at a triangular plot of land'.
The Hospitium. North west of the centre is the walled Museum Gardens, the Hospitum, St Olave's Church and ruins of St Mary's Abbey. North west of the gardens is Bootham.The city's medical facilities are concentrated at Bootham with Bootham Park Hospital and York Hospital.
On the south-east side lie early 18th-century houses at 12 and 16-20 Gillygate; 26-28 Gillygate, built in 1769 by Robert Clough; the late 18th-century 38-40 Gillygate; 42-44 Gillygate, of the early 19th-century; 50–52, 58 and 62, all of the 18th-century; 64 Gillygate, the oldest building on the street, with 17th-century origins; then more ...
The street runs south-east, from the junction of Coney Street and Market Street, to the junction of High Ousegate, Low Ousegate, and Nessgate.On the south-west side, there is a snickelway, the Mediaeval common lane to the river.
DIG: an archaeological adventure (formerly the Archaeological Resource Centre), in St Saviour's Church (YAT) 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:
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