Barley Hall is a stunning medieval townhouse, once home to the Priors of Nostell and the Mayor of York. Until the 1980's the house was hidden under the relatively modern facade of a derelict office block. Only when the building was going to be destro...
Late Georgian house by Peter Atkinson, influenced by John Carr of York. Begun in 1804, its outstanding feature is the oval entrance hall with cantilevered stone staircase. Fine furniture and paintings, family mementoes of the Fitzalan Howard family.<...
These delightful Gardens, close to the centre of Pocklington (a thriving market town in the County of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England), are home to a National Collection of Hardy Water Lilies - the biggest such collection to be found in a natur...
Mr and Mrs William Worsley invite you to visit their historic 18th Century house set in beautiful Ryedale countryside. For over 400 years Hovingham has been the home of the Worsley family. The Palladian house was built between 1750 and 1770 by Thomas...
The Merchant Adventurers' Hall is one of the best preserved medieval guild halls in the world and is still owned and used by the York Company of Merchant Adventurers who built it over 650 years ago. Construction began in 1357. Explore the Great Hall ...
Here in 1760-67 the witty and eccentric parson, Laurence Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey. Sometimes between writing he stepped out into his garden 'to weed, hack up old roots or wheel away rubbish'. The early 15th century house...