Posted on 24th January 2020
How the upper classes stayed clean and battled body odour in the 18th century Bathing Despite the popularity of spa towns during the Regency Period, it was commonly believed that bathing was unhealthy as soaking in water, and especially hot water, was thought to let disease enter the body. When Georgians did take a bath, […]
Posted on 22nd January 2020
Due to unforeseen circumstances we regretfully announce that we are unable to open Fairfax House as part of the 2020 York Residents Festival. This is due to emergency conservation work required on all of our important historic plasterwork and stucco ceilings. During our usual January closed period, specialist testing – carried out by York Conservation […]
