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Morning
Take a Park & Ride bus into York city centre and head for Treasurer’s House, just behind York Minster. This elegant town house used to belong to the eccentric industrialist Frank Green, but it is also home to York’s most famous ghost story – the tale of Harry Martindale, who saw ghostly Roman soldiers walking through the house’s cellar. After you’ve looked round the house, why not take a tour of the cellar and see if you can be the next to see what Harry saw?
Lunch?
York has no shortage of cafes and restaurants, but Treasurer’s House has its own tea-room, which has quite a reputation in York for its home-cooked meals and delicious cakes and puddings.
Afternoon
Head out of the city along the A19 towards Thirsk and stop off at Beningbrough Hall, an 18th-century mansion, which houses an impressive collection of paintings from the National Portrait Gallery. Outside there are beautiful gardens for the children to run around. The walled garden is particularly stunning, with lavender, apple and pear trees, and even liquorice plants.
Extra day?
If you are staying an extra night in the area, you could also consider a trip to Nunnington Hall and Rievaulx Terrace. These two properties are both near Helmsley, just north of York along the B1363. Nunnington, a 17th-century manor house, is renowned for its unique collection of tiny rooms housed in the attic. Each room is decorated in a particular style and filled with hundreds of minuscule objects from musical instruments to screws and sandpaper in the carpenter’s shop.
Down the road at Rievaulx Terrace you can enjoy a picnic in one of Yorkshire’s great 18th-century landscape gardens, enjoying views over Rievaulx Abbey (English Heritage), and the Hambleton Hills.
When can you go?
Before visiting a property, we strongly advise that you check its opening times, as properties open on different days and at different times. This information is detailed on the individual property pages, which you can search for by finding a place to visit.
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