My husband and I visited the Treasurers House today in York this afternoon. What polite and welcoming staff. Our tour guide Steve was just perfect giving informative and highly interesting information mixed with great humour. Wonderful interiors of the time, magnificent pictures and exceptional furniture. We were not rushed at all and enjoyed every room. Wonderful National Trust Property and a Tea Room with so much charm. Thankyou Steve for a Wonderful Tour and a happy afternoon.. Gill & Jon from St Tropez, Cote de Azure, France.

As NT membership we could enter the Treasurer's house for free, as opposed to paying the adult non gift aided fee of £12 each but it would have been worth the entrance fee anyway to see the beautifully decorated house. It is staged ready for Christmas with a display linked to tales of Frank Green's travels around the world. Helpful and informative staff and good coffee as always in a NT property. Highly recommend a visit.

Tucked away behind the splendid York Minster is the Treasurer's House. It is not very big but it is steeped in history. With well informed guides in each room and information boards at regular intervals there is ample to see. The light level is kept necessarily low inside the house to protect the artefacts from deterioration; just give your eyes a minute or two to adjust. The history of Frank Green permeates the house and evidence of his extensive travels is all through the house. Rooms are named after Royal visitors who stayed at the house and are superbly displayed. Take special note of the 18th century French clock in the Princess Victoria room and, if you can, be there when it chimes. The house was decorated for Christmas at the time of our visit which made it all the more special. The obligatory café serves the usual fare and the Cream Tea is not only delicious but pretty good value too. The gardens had been protected for winter with the statues covered for protection but the small, manicured garden is still worth the walk around.

Set in the bustling heart of York is this beautiful hidden gem. Great welcome from the enthusiastic staff which continued all through the visit. Everyone we met here was really friendly and knowledgable and did much to enhance the visit. Decorated for Christmas when i visited themed around Frank Greens travels abroad. This was a very interesting theme for the decorations. I believe the garden and cafe are free to visit and although i didn’t use the cafe it looked very appetising and the toilets on site are well kept and very clean. The garden even in winter is spectacular very peaceful and easy whilst in there to forget you are in a busy city centre. Overall a very beautiful building with a wealth of history i will hopefully be back soon to take advantage of one of the guided tours.

We went for a day trip and visiting this location was a highlight. Just wonderful with Christmas spirit everywhere. Highly recommend the Christmas Pudding scones. All volunteers very informative and cheerful on a miserable day. Another great use of our annual National Trust cards.

Hats off to Jeff and Carol our tour guides during a recent visit to Treasurer’s House. They were very knowledgeable about Frank Green and his fastidious habits. Your sense of humour shone through and made the tour even more enjoyable. Coffee and scones were good too.

We hadn’t managed to book in advance but you can call in & ask if there’s a time slot available. We’ll worth a visit, a guided tour, the guide was full of interesting information about the house & previos owner’s history. The on site cafe also had a good selection of tasty cakes.

I visited with my mum as we were pottering through York on a Sunday. We didn’t have a huge amount of time and so this review is only of the garden and the cafe. The garden was really beautiful, well looked after and a calming spot where you can sit and overlook the minister undisturbed and free of charge. The cafe is downstairs in the cellar of the house. There’s a really interesting photograph of former staff after you’ve walked down the stairs which helps you imagine the people who once worked down there. Unfortunately the atmosphere was a little bit depressing in the cafe. I think the area could just do with a refresh of decorating and new furniture, but I think the low ceilings probably also didn’t help. We ordered cream teas, which you could have with any coffee which we really appreciated. This came quickly and the staff serving were all really nice. The scone and the coffee were both delicious, in keeping with the food at most NT properties. I’m hoping to visit again in the future to explore the house when I have more time.

We loved it, me more so than my partner he found it difficult to navigate around as it's quite dark and lots of up and downs [he's deaf and hearing impaired]. The guides were knowledgeable , didn't know much about the ceramics unfortunately which I'm particularly interested in. It's full of a very eclectic mix of items, collected by Frank Green who renovated/saved the building . In my opinion not really suitable for young children.

The grounds are in a spectacular location affording splendid views over the rear of York Minster in whose curtilage Treasurer’s House is situated. There is a garden with exquisite statuary. The house itself bequeathed to the nation by industrialist Frank Green who bought it in 1897 is retained in the condition in which he nurtured remodelled and reconstructed it according to his own whims including creating a mock baronial hall adding a Flemish painting perhaps the only artwork of any significance in the collection. It is viewed by guided tour only which needs to be booked in advance and is all about Green and his forbears rather than the overall history of the house. We never got to learn for example who the Treasurer was (presumably of the Minster or its see) or the circumstances in which James I visited in 1619. I suppose this is no worse than galleries of art museums being named and rebranded after contemporary benefactors.