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Lifestyle | Foodie | Family | Bryony on Instagram: "Stepping through the doors of Safestay York Micklegate is like walking straight into a time machine that took a playful detour through a modern art gallery. Housed inside Micklegate House - the grandest, largest Georgian townhouse on the street - this magnificent building is a Grade I listed masterpiece completed around 1752. It was originally commissioned as a luxurious winter "town house" for John Bourchier, the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, so his family could enjoy York’s social season away from their country estate at Beningbrough Hall. In a fascinating twist of local lore, it's believed to have been designed by John Carr of York, the famed architect who started as a stone-cutter and went on to design some of the finest buildings in Northern England. Over the centuries, the building has lived many extraordinary lives. It hosted lavish aristocratic balls in the 1800s, served as the bustling headquarters for Raimes & Co. wholesale druggists in the 1900s (when the grand staircases were literally stacked high with sacks of raw senna pods!), and even housed the University of York’s mathematics and archaeology departments. Today, its unique magic lies in how seamlessly it marries this deep 18th-century heritage with bold, contemporary design. Grand plasterwork ceilings, soaring staircases, and the original ornate gold-framed mirrors share space with vibrant pink walls, striking striped carpets and classical oil portraits given a cheeky neon twist. You can map out your day at a hand-drawn chalkboard featuring local icons like The Shambles, York Minster or wind down through the atmospheric, brick-vaulted cellars that once hid the mansion's secondary kitchens and bread ovens. Because it operates as a modern boutique hostel, the facilities are geared toward straightforward convenience. There isn’t a guest kitchen for self-catering but they have a microwave in the breakfast room if you need to heat something. Otherwise, you can easily buy food there - they have an on-site café and a lively 24-hour bar serving snacks and light meals It is the ultimate base for a York adventure - right where centuries of history meet a quirky, modern soul and the kids loved it!"
bryonyannie on June 21, 2026: "Stepping through the doors of Safestay York Micklegate is like walking straight into a time machine that took a playful detour through a modern art gallery. Housed inside Micklegate House - the grandest, largest Georgian townhouse on the street - this magnificent building is a Grade I listed masterpiece completed around 1752. It was originally commissioned as a luxurious winter "town house" for John Bourchier, the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, so his family could enjoy York’s social season away from their country estate at Beningbrough Hall. In a fascinating twist of local lore, it's believed to have been designed by John Carr of York, the famed architect who started as a stone-cutter and went on to design some of the finest buildings in Northern England. Over the centuries, the building has lived many extraordinary lives. It hosted lavish aristocratic balls in the 1800s, served as the bustling headquarters for Raimes & Co. wholesale druggists in the 1900s (when the grand staircases were literally stacked high with sacks of raw senna pods!), and even housed the University of York’s mathematics and archaeology departments. Today, its unique magic lies in how seamlessly it marries this deep 18th-century heritage with bold, contemporary design. Grand plasterwork ceilings, soaring staircases, and the original ornate gold-framed mirrors share space with vibrant pink walls, striking striped carpets and classical oil portraits given a cheeky neon twist. You can map out your day at a hand-drawn chalkboard featuring local icons like The Shambles, York Minster or wind down through the atmospheric, brick-vaulted cellars that once hid the mansion's secondary kitchens and bread ovens. Because it operates as a modern boutique hostel, the facilities are geared toward straightforward convenience. There isn’t a guest kitchen for self-catering but they have a microwave in the breakfast room if you need to heat something. Otherwise, you can easily buy food there - they have an on-site café and a lively 24-hour bar serving snacks and light meals It is the ultimate base for a York adventure - right where centuries of history meet a quirky, modern soul and the kids loved it!".
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