YORK FIREPLACE

York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire. The city is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence. The city was founded as Eboracum in AD 71 by the Romans and was made the capital of Britannia Inferior.

The Georgian era is a period of British history, normally defined as including the reigns of the kings George I, George II, George III and George IV, i.e. covering the period from 1714 to 1830.

The paintings of Thomas Gainsborough, Sir Joshua Reynolds and the young J.M.W. Turner and John Constable illustrated the changing world of the Georgian period - as did the work of designers like Capability Brown, the landscape designer. Interior design, including fireplaces, also flourished at this time.

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