As part of my meander around the city centre on Tuesday, I also had a look at the garden of the Treasurer's House, immediately to the north-east of York Minster, and a National Trust property. It isn't a garden I visit very often. It is relatively small, and often busy, but I managed a look round when it was relatively quiet.
The house is a rather grand building, as befits its original purpose as home of York Minster Treasurer.The house served in this capacity until 1547, when the Reformation of the English Church brought the job of Treasurer to an end, and it then became the property of the Crown. It passed to various owners, and by 1900 was owned and restored by Frank Green, a wealthy local industrialist.
When Frank Green retired and moved away from York in 1930 the house and its contents were given to the National Trust. This marked the first time both a private home and its original furnishings had ever been given to the Trust.
The compact garden has a limited range of plants, and is decorated with several sculptures, some now quite badly eroded.
This Spiked Star of Bethlehem is one of a number of attractive plants in the garden. It is a plant whose young flower shoots have in the past been eaten as a vegetable, similar to asparagus.
Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.
I enjoyed looking around this garden. It isn't very often that I visit it, so it was a pleasant change.
Ian
Thank you, I'm glad that you like it!
Ian