Summary = A short walk from quality accommodation at Holiday Homes in York you will find one of the finest Georgian townhouses in England, Fairfax House transports you to the world of Georgian Britain and the splendour of city-living. Originally the winter home of Anne Fairfax and her father – Charles Gregory, 9th Viscount Fairfax – the townhouse’s richly decorated interiors, magnificent stucco ceilings and beautiful collection of furniture and clocks unfold a story of life behind closed doors in the bustling Georgian city of York: the food, the fashions and the entertainments.