Finest Georgian Townhouse - Fairfax House York England - Georgian House

Fairfax House in York is arguably the finest Georgian townhouse in England. In the heart of the city, you will find no better example of what a Georgian Townhouse would have been like back in the late 1700s. Renovated by Charles Gregory Fairfax and gifted to his daughter find out the fascinating history of the Georgian Townhouse and tour the rooms with exquisite furniture and stucco ceilings. Not to be missed when you visit York.
To visit the house check out this website. www.fairfaxhouse.co.uk/
Chapters:-
0:00 Intro
0:22 Fairfax House
0:42 Library/Study
1:38 Hall
2:01 Dining Room
3:09 Grand Staircase
3:46 Kitchen
5:15 Servants Staircase
5:30 Upper floor
6:02 Viscount Fairfax Room
6:54 Anne Fairfax Room
7:49 Drawing Room
8:42 Red Saloon
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[@MemorySeekers]

Correction in video:- We mention Terry Noel but we got his name the wrong way round it was Noel Terry. Also on the bed are rosary beads. Apologies for any confusion. Next time we have more from York with our full guide to the medieval city. Do subscribe and enable notification so you don't miss it. Going live on 9th April 2022 at 2pm GMT Here is the link when it does go live. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGnVqYeYd7B6ias as always thanks for watching!

[@ayrlaidicunha508]

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[@LaureninGermany]

Such gorgeous colours. It’s been beautifully restored. And your music choice was spot on for the house. Wonderful, thank you, I loved it. You have a way of bringing the people who lived in the houses to life.

[@MemorySeekers]

Thank you Lauren, it is quite a house. Not sure I would like all the cleaning, especially the silver! Love the big tall windows and the high ceiling!

[@LaureninGermany]

@@MemorySeekers how funny that you say that about the cleaning - it’s exactly what I thought!

[@Michael-Bennett]

I always find the history of these places fascinating. It is amazing that they were able to convert it from a cinema and dance hall back into a Georgian townhouse. Thanks for another great video.

[@MemorySeekers]

I know Michael, how have they managed to bring it back to life after that! Quite amazing.

[@Tiffany-vj1tv]

Wow! How absolutely lovely and enchanting 💕💕💕thank you again for a video that is not only wonderfully beautiful but educational as well! Everything you do is so well done and the music you choose is perfect every time! Truly appreciate you both! See you next week... thank you again for a lovely escape 🙏💕

[@MemorySeekers]

Our pleasure 😊

[@greeneyedcat717]

Thanks for sharing this. Loved the quiet dignity of this home and the personal touches inside. Great to see it preserved. Love from Australia.

[@MemorySeekers]

Glad you enjoyed it Louise.

[@monicacall7532]

“New, exquisite standards” is an understatement! This townhouse is the loveliest Georgian house that I’ve ever seen. Georgian architecture and furniture (also going back to Queen Anne style) are my favorite because it’s so elegant. There’s no comparison between the clean lines Of Georgian exteriors and interiors to the dark paneling and over carved interiors of Tudor/Jacobean homes (although there are some lovely examples of architecture from that time), the “decorated within an inch of its life “ Victorian architecture and interiors or the almost brutalist Art Deco designs of the 1930’s. Just my opinion. Thanks for another wonderful video!

[@MemorySeekers]

Thanks for the lovely passionate comment Monica, so pleased you enjoyed it.

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

Hello Monica. I do agree 100% with you, the Georgian era was unrivalled in beauty and elegance. In fact, the XVIII century (particularly its second half) was the Golden Age of European civilisation. Art, music, architecture, gardening, furniture, silver, etc, everything was beautiful. Stanley Kubrick´s masterpiece "Barry Lyndon" perfectly illustrates what I have just said.

[@monicacall7532]

Arslongavitabrevis, I’m thrilled to know someone else feels the same way about Georgian architecture! Ever since my parents bought a set of encyclopedias when I was a child (they became some of my favorite reading material!) and I discovered the history of architecture section and period furnishings sections it was truly love at first sight for me. When I was bored in school I would design Georgian houses and their interiors in the margins instead of taking notes. Pretty weird, I know. Do you know about the Federal Style in the US that went from about 1790-1840? It is equally simple and elegant inside and out. My favorite furniture styles during the Georgian/Federal are Chippendale, Duncan Phyfe and Robert Adam. Queen Anne style is also a favorite. If you like Georgian interiors a lot check out videos from the Winterthur Museum in Delaware, USA which has the world’s largest collection of Georgian and Federal rooms. They are to die for! Also check out Bret Hull’s Georgian/Federal design videos that he did at Winterthur. Winterthur is now on my list of “must see” places. PS. Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, USA is another fabulous place to visit in order to see the Georgian elegance esthetic on display.

[@brandieo6165]

I love the artistry on the ceilings in this home. Simply exquisite. Already looking forward to your next video! Good day & God bless😊

[@MemorySeekers]

Thank you so much!

[@dianneraphael8248]

Such a beautiful home. So much to see there from the past.

[@MemorySeekers]

It really is!

[@pawshands9706]

A very calm home.

[@MemorySeekers]

😊

[@bluumz-n-veg]

I visited York a few years ago and somehow missed seeing this interesting townhouse, thanks for bringing it to my attention! I look forward to more videos from York, one of my favorite cities in England. :-)

[@MemorySeekers]

What a shame you missed it but there is so much to see and do in York I am not surprised.

[@jeanettefuller6354]

The red saloon and the kitchen are my favourite rooms, great tour and lots of information thank you for posting. Goodnight 🦘🐨🦘🐨😷

[@MemorySeekers]

Glad you enjoyed! I love the kitchen and the dinning table all laid out! Would not like to clear it away though lol

[@davidfaulkner8201]

What a beautiful building ! Thank you for the tour . I am looking forward to your future videos on York .

[@SpanishEclectic]

I'm a sucker for a Georgian house. After viewing many country homes (mostly on your channel, thank you so much!), it's interesting to see a town house that could still host a party for 200 people. I love all of the collected items, displayed to show how people of that class lived during the time. I like to compare the level of ornamentation between the Georgian and Victorian periods (though we know Victorian spanned many decades and influences), and find myself leaning toward the relative simplicity of the Georgian. I look forward to your York adventures. We loved it when we visited many years ago. I'm up for a ramble around the Shambles. :)

[@MemorySeekers]

I find it hard to believe the managed to get 200 into that house really, they must have been hanging off the staircases. I sit on the fence with Georgian and Victorian era's love them bother probably just lean to Victorian a bit more. We have a lovely sequence in the shambles early in the morning when no one was about so you can really see the buildings! Enjoy. Coming soon.

[@joanfreestone1707]

Hello from Australia. Thank you for bringing back some lovely memories of our visit to this fabulous house in 2018. York is gorgeous.

[@MemorySeekers]

So pleased the memories came flooding back!

[@karenk2160]

It's lovely to see old buildings brought back to life - so beautiful. Loved listening to the history of the property as well. Thank you!

[@MemorySeekers]

Our pleasure!

[@Lisette777]

I do love how you make us feel we were there at the time! I mean, I know it was lovingly restored and provisioned, but hearing the distant echo of people in the house, coupled with the music and "be here now" filming...really felt it was of the moment of a big dinner party. Great music and filmography. I found it charming that you pronounce stucco as "stew-co" as here in Canada we pronounce it as "stuck-oh". Thanks again so much, to you both!

[@lila6117]

Once again, excellent choice to share with us. Just being able to see what homes where like is so very interesting. I appreciate all your hard work and I look forward to the next adventure! Thank you

[@MemorySeekers]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@cassandraralph5906]

I wanted this particular video to go on forever! It was an absolutely exquisite home! I thought I had died and gone to Heaven!

[@MemorySeekers]

It is a wonderful house, fascinating history.

[@toddbonin6926]

This is wonderful!!! Such a lovely home so perfectly restored. I’m so excited for the next in your York series. 😊

[@MemorySeekers]

Its a long one next time, took flipping ages to put it together! Loved making it though. York is amazing!

[@toddbonin6926]

@@MemorySeekers the longer the better. I’m never bored watching your videos. 😉

[@marybarratt2649]

I’m glad I managed to visit Fairfax House on my visit to York, but I had forgotten a lot of it, so it is lovely to see your video. Thank you so much for uploading this. So enjoyed the video.

[@Sushi2735]

WOW, just breathtaking!

[@MemorySeekers]

It certainly is!

[@sjgreene785]

Well I know one of my favorite parts is the red room, dance room. I love it. Thank you. Just lovely.

[@martintaylor7391]

Brings back memories of attending the St. George’s cinema as a young boy in the early sixties. Never thought such a gem of a building was there. Will visit when I visit my home town, hopefully in the not too distant future. MGT.

[@MemorySeekers]

Quite amazing how many people have commented saying they visited when it was a cinema. The house is a real treat to visit. Hope u make it back soon!

[@joenperkins2138]

Beautiful. Loved seeing the kitchen. Copper is so lovely. I don’t imagine the cook saw beauty. Lol. Hard work. Thanks enjoyed very much. Blessings

[@MemorySeekers]

Hard work and very heavy the copper pans! Lovely to look at though as you say!

[@eteloc3138]

Visited the house yesterday on a visit to York. The renovation work is exquisite, the attention to deal is quite astonishing. It really does feel as if the Viscount has just stepped away for a moment, and Anne will back to complete that letter soon… The fact that it was a cinema and dance hall is just unbelievable. Thank for this video as a reminder of this little gem.

[@MemorySeekers]

So glad you had a wonderful visit.

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

Me and my husband being here it’s lovely and we learned a lot there is a shop as well and my husband bought me some lovely jewellery from here

[@MemorySeekers]

So nice to know you have visited! It is lovely!

[@suesmith4366]

Been many times lovely place, I used to take my Dad for his Birthday in December as it’s always done up for Christmas 🤩

[@barcyorky]

It’s a lovely place isn’t it? I was born and grew up in York. As you say in your film, the house once functioned as a cinema. My Grandparents had their first date there in the 1930s.

[@MemorySeekers]

How wonderful you have a connection to the house.

[@andyrob3259]

Remember visiting it at least 20 years ago.

[@TXMEDRGR]

I hope to visit York one day and this house is now on my list of places to see. Thanks.

[@MemorySeekers]

Really is one of the best Georgian houses we have visited so highly recommend.

[@lorrainerichardson3280]

Lol my thoughts with these houses is that I'm so glad I wasn't a maid in those days, lots of cleaning and running up and down stairs. The house is exquisite and the plaster ceilings are unbelievable. I always wondered how they made them. Take care another fun amazing vlog. Thanks as always =-)

[@jeffcampbell1555]

Ahhhhhh. Videos like yours allow people like me to feed our addictions to Britain's elegant past. No king or potentate could have had a lovelier or more comfortable winter retreat than viscount Fairfax. London in that time was splendid and full of ambitious people, but also crowded, dirty, and rather stinky. I absolutely love how the trust has staged the house, as if family members stepped out of the rooms before you and your camera entered.

[@MemorySeekers]

Thank you for watching Jeff. It is quite a house and yes the trust has done a wonderful job of staging it. Well worth a visit.

[@marybouellette9905]

My husband and I so enjoy your videos on Britain. We live in Montana but love England! Thank you for your efforts.

[@MemorySeekers]

Hello Mary, lovely to hear from you. Thank you so much we are glad to be able to bring the videos to you. All the best! 😊

[@carynkabat4208]

Thank you for another excellent travel vlog. There are so many others who show more of themselves than the places they visit. Your photography and dialogue are so informative.

[@MemorySeekers]

Thank you, we do make a point of not being in the videos to much so you do actually see the place rather than someone describing it, so that is good to hear you noticed that. Glad you enjoyed it. All the best.

[@Erika-Uwe]

Beautiful house, I nearly can imagine the people who lived there walking around this amazing place.Music brilliant,again you did a wonderful job .Love it !!!thank you simon &will ,love erika &uwe

[@cassandraralph5906]

An absolute pleasure of a Georgian home in York, very much my style, color and design! I could quite easily live in a home like this forever

[@maureentaphouse5206]

Very enjoyable so I look forward to the next ones .

[@debschmitt761]

Lovely tour, this is my favorite period in history as the interiors are so refined

[@monaeid7032]

Thank you for this lovely visit ❤

[@alisoncarvosso8369]

A fascinating trip back in time. What a superb job they have done in recreating the house. Thank you for yet another lovely tour.

[@walk_with_me_23]

200 guests for a house-warming party!!! Yikes! I'd barely fit 20 in my humble abode. A very interesting, informative video. A gorgeous, glamorous house 🏠. Thank you so much Memory Seekers for filming, then editing and sharing this. 🎥💻😊🌞🇦🇺

[@MemorySeekers]

Yes 200 how did they manage it! What a party. Glad you liked it.

[@wooble73]

Beautiful. Need to make a visit when I can!

[@revonda5204]

Fabulous! Thank you for sharing.

[@YmrMom42]

Lovely! Cannot wait to go there! Great job

[@timothyj1966]

Beautiful! Favourite Design Period!

[@annamariaallegretti4593]

Fascinating video as always, amazing how the house was restored, thank you so much I really enjoyed 💚

[@amecarino4876]

Amo este canal. !!!

[@kaywallace6139]

Lovely

[@darkisland04]

This reminds me strongly of Lytham Hall in Lancaster, Lancastershire. As I recall, it was the same architect.

[@MemorySeekers]

You are indeed correct! ( I had to look it up, I didn't know) ☺

[@gwinniboots]

I visited some years ago. Such a beautiful house!

[@annieains1]

Thanks for this video. As usual you guys do a great job. So informative and what a stunning house. I LOVE the staircase. Yet another wonderful place to add to my growing places to visit.

[@MemorySeekers]

Thank you Ann

[@neusamenezes5146]

I really love your videos about England!!!❤❤❤ mainly your English pronuntation!👍👏👏👏🙋🏻‍♀️🇧🇷

[@MemorySeekers]

Thank you! 😃 More coming from England very soon.

[@bertuccigirl]

What a lovely house!!

[@MemorySeekers]

😊

[@carolbulmer8253]

Thank you for the tour of Fairfax House! It’s beautiful😊

[@MemorySeekers]

Any time!

[@matthewedwards3550]

Well done gentlemen!!! BRAVO!!!

[@MemorySeekers]

Thank you!

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

A wonderful video about a wonderful house. Thank you! The beautiful portrait of John Carr is by Sir William Beechey, a superb portrait painter whose talent has not been properly appreciated.

[@MemorySeekers]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@madamlakwatsera5674]

Wow!

[@slwilliams75]

Brilliant 👌🏻👏🏻 I'm all subbed up 🥂

[@MemorySeekers]

Thank you and welcome to the channel!

[@Harrylark]

I have really enjoyed all of your wonderful videos. You are amazing in how you present the videos and your commentary is always so relaxing and informative. My wife said you have a great voice and I think these are the most professionally presented youtube videos. Well done and thank you for the channe. As an Englishman residing in NZ I love to see the wonderful history and countryside of England and great information for my next visit to England.

[@MemorySeekers]

Thank you both for the lovely feedback and comment. Glad you enjoy our content from afar and hope it really helps you plan your visit. Going to be hard to pick where to go! All the best Si & Will

[@anjaliparanjape9582]

A very Great House 👍

[@phoenixobrien163]

A very sumptuous way of living except for those long staircases!

[@MemorySeekers]

Very grand!

[@jamesbrien1944]

What a beautiful restoration of this Georgian beauty! I would love to have been a wealthy gentleman of the time.

[@JayNJoy]

Gorgeous Georgian house and I love your music. So perfect with your video. There's a bible....1772...1865

[@soykatwobadger2963]

Дякую за те, що машиною часу ви привезли мене у 1756 рік. Прекрасний будинок, все ретельно збережено, реставровано. Ліпнина надзвичайно красива! 😍😍😍😍

[@MemorySeekers]

Ласкаво просимо, так приємно, що вам сподобалося. Дякую за перегляд.

[@MeiinUK]

John Carrs... isn't there a jeweller's that is in the same name ? Carr's silverware. Really fascinating. And then there's also the Carr's water biscuits too.

[@user-zv1ls9mq3h]

Давно хотела заглянуть в такой богатый , городской дом - спасибо за сбывшуюся мечту! Очень уютный, но кажется очень тесным. Интересно, а есть ли городские , старинные особняки еще более высокого класса и как они выглядят?

[@MemorySeekers]

Я думаю, может быть, видео делает его меньше, чем оно есть, но для чего-то гораздо лучшего посмотрите наше видео о Chatsworth House, это особняк!

[@user-zv1ls9mq3h]

@@MemorySeekers Большое спасибо! С удовольствием пойду и посмотрю. В России очень любят классическую английскую литературу и поэтому так интересно посмотреть места, где предполагается, жили герои наших любимых книг. 💖

[@paulmasterson386]

The best urban mansions are in London where all the great aristocratic families had city houses. Most were sold off and redeveloped in the 20th century,but a few remain. Try looking up Apsley House ( London home of the Duke of Wellington) or Spencer House which belonged to Princess Diana’s family.

[@user-zv1ls9mq3h]

@@paulmasterson386 Thank you so much for such a detailed information.I will happily look for that

[@ingridlinbohm7682]

It not a "cross and bible" but a rosary and bible. Sorry for the correction. In half an hour our family will gather for the Rosary and evening prayers. Best wishes. We love your videos.

[@MemorySeekers]

Don’t be sorry thank you for the correction.

[@elizabethdarley8646]

Thank you for such a well made film. A scullery is, I think, where the washing up of pots and plates etc is done by a scullery maid. The Fairfax family were Catholic and prayed the Holy Rosary daily which was illegal in England. They paid hundreds of thousands of pounds each year to the Church of England or to the government as a tax for attending Holy Catholic Mass. I wonder how much that would be today.

[@harshap7224]

So interesting house of history with fascinating designs, colors, portraits &... The antique culinary style is so amazing which would increase one's appetite for sure.. especially the kitchen ....such beautiful video of relaxation & historical events, ur videos r so wonderful & worth spending time... loved it & thank u for sharing

[@MemorySeekers]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kajalsingh9554]

you did not show the bathroom!! I have always wondered what bathrooms looked like during that period. Otherwise, great video.

[@MemorySeekers]

There was not bathroom. You can see in both rooms they had bowls to wash in and would have used them along with a bed pans for the toilet. If there were lucky they might have had a commode but I didn't see one. We toured all rooms open to the public.

[@juliebrooke6099]

It’s not Terry Noel ,it’s Noel Terry. He was part of the Terry family who owned Terry’s chocolate factory, makers of Terry’s Chocolate Orange.

[@MemorySeekers]

Good spot how did I get that the wrong way round! 🙃

[@abrahamlincolin10]

👍❤❤😍🎩🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@iwonaszmid3805]

Dziękuję za film. Wyrazy szacunku dla Premiera Wielkiej Brytanii za działania podjęte w kierunku przyjęcia uchodźców z Ukrainy. Pozdrawiam

[@mudassirjaan3693]

I spent two years in London on student visa then I get injured my leg was broken and my visa expires and nhs report me to the UK border agency who send me back to Pakistan in 2011 if I move to country side of England I would survive to stay in England now I am dying to comeback to England

[@heatherjones6647]

Good on the cinema owners. We lost a historic 19th century opera house in my (Canadian) town by a cinema owner who just gutted the place to put in a multiplex. City Hall oversaw the destruction of 90% of our other historic properties. One mayor wanted to tear down our early 19th century Town Hall but was persuaded by concerned citizens to hold a plebiscite. It was defeated by over 88% opposed. He was voted out next election. Damage was done, though, and our historic town center is basically derelict. When it's gone, it's gone.

[@BigBirdy100]

Let's hear more about how 8 children of wealthy parents died. 😱