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Georgian
architecture
(1714
- 1830)
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Georgian
architecture refers to the style during the reign of
the four King Georges of England (1714 - 1830).
The
term 'Georgian' refers to stripped-down Classical domestic
architecture, characterised by plain mullioned, sashed
windows, and doorways topped with fanlights.
mullion
- the vertical division between the glass panes in a
window.
transom
- a horizontal bar of wood or stone across a mullioned
window, dividing it in height. Also a cross-bar which
separates a door from the fanlight above it.
sash
window - a window frame, usually made of wood and
fitted with one or more panes of glass (especially frames
that slide). The framed glass panes are raised and lowered
vertically by cords with counter-balancing weights.
fanlight
- a fan-shaped window over a door, sometimes applied
loosely to mean any window over a door.
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The
Treasurer's House in Minster Yard was built on the site of
a Roman road: it's said that ghosts
of Roman soldiers march in the cellar.
More
of York's ghostly
tales...
The
Plague House windows
The
windows in the picture were originally Georgian sash windows,
but these were replaced with 17th century-style mullions and
transoms by Frank Green, a wealthy Yorkshire collector who
bought the house in 1897.
In
1547 after Henry VIII's Reformation, the post of Treasurer
was abolished and the house became the property of the crown.
The
earliest section of the present house dates from Elizabethan
times, but the main part of the house was rebuilt by the Young
family in the early 17th century.
Until
the 1800s, the Treasurer's House incorporated Gray's
Court which is now leased to York St John's University
from the Minster.
Frank
Green bought the house in 1897 and with his architect, Temple
Moore, made extensive alterations.
He
restored the exterior to its original shape by demolishing
incongruous 19th century extensions, and
created
a series of period rooms - including a medieval-style great
hall - as an appropriate setting for his extensive collection
of antique furniture. He also restored the nearby St
William's College.
When
Green gave the house and its collection to the National Trust
in 1930, he warned that his ghost would return to haunt the
site if any furniture was moved from the stud-marks which
he had placed to specify exactly where the furniture should
go.
More
Georgian windows
Terry's
Gillygate
the Mansion
House
the Minster
Gates
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