Fairfax House
Georgian townhouse with rococo plaster ceilings, carved woodwork and a wrought-iron staircase.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Fairfax House in York starts with a letter Lord Fairfax sent his bank in October 1762, soon after buying this Castlegate townhouse for his daughter Anne. It turns to the people who did the work: the architect John Carr, a Swiss-Italian stuccoist and his apprentices, a Wakefield carver and an ironsmith. Look up at the ceilings as you listen, where each room was given its own plaster figure.
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