THE TREASURER’S HOUSE, YORK. 
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Carlisle, lived here in 1721. Her husband, Viscount Preston, 
was attainted, and on this account we find Lady Preston 
described in some deeds as Mrs. Graham. 
Lord Widdrington, Lord Winchelsea, Henry Willoughby 
(Lord Middleton), Lord Rokeby, the Morritts of Rokeby, 
the Barstows, and the late Mr. Gray owned various parts of 
the now divided house. 
The Banqueting Hall is late 15th Century, but another 
room was put in the upper part of the Hall by Sir George 
Young about 1620. 
The fireplace and base mullion windows are about Henry 
VIII. period, and were most probably put in by the Treasurers 
or Archbishop Holgate. These mullions have been bricked 
up for over 198 years and have only recently been uncovered. 
The stone carving in the frieze of the Banqueting Hall is 
Jacobean, and was covered at a later date by panelling. 
Sir George Young also altered the gables and put the 
classical orders on the front. The Gothic gable at the back 
no doubt keeps the original shape, as a MSS. in the British 
Museum and other prints show all the gables pointed. 
The basement has two doorways and a fireplace, and a 
14th century head of Queen Phillippa was found in the 
excavations. It is now in the Hall. 
The house is one of the few which exhibits architecture 
from the time of the Romans through the nth, 12th, and 15th 
centuries down to George III. 
The Tapestry drawing room is Charles II. The panelling 
and the tapestry of the dressing room were found under the 
wall paper, and are Jacobean. 
The staircase is, according to old deeds, in its original 
position ; but is a modern reproduction of a similar one in 
St. William’s College adjoining. 
Mr. Temple Moore was the architect in the restoration of 
the house. Much of the decoration, etc., was suggested by 
Mr. Davenport. 
Many of the designs for the upholstery are taken from old 
examples at Knole and Hardwick, by Mr. Bodley, Mr. Garner, 
and Mr. Gilbert Scott. 
