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An edited collection of the diaries of John Carr’s great nieces.
These diaries were kept by Harriet and Amelia Clark, two of the great-nieces of John Carr, the eminent York architect and Lord Mayor of York. They lived at Ellenthorpe Hall, near Boroughbridge, a house built for their parents by Carr in 1772. On three occasions during the mid 1790s Carr toured various parts of Britain; on each he was accompanied by one or both of his great nieces, and their diaries give details of the houses they saw.
The book was transcribed and edited by Corita Myerscough for the York Georgian Society’s Millennium Project.
Past the grandeur of the prominent green doors and beautiful façade lies a home built for entertaining royalty, with a rich civic and personal history. As the oldest purpose built home for a Lord Mayor in the country, the stories of scandal and frivolity woven into the fabric of the building are still being told, and we’d love for you to discover them.
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