Goddards is the Arts and Crafts house that Noel Terry of the York chocolate family had built in 1927 beside York racecourse, the last major work of Walter Brierley, with a garden planned alongside him by George Dillistone. The Grade I listed house has been the National Trust's Yorkshire regional office since 1984 and is closed to visitors, so the visit is the five acres of garden rooms: formal terrace and pond, scented borders, wildlife pond, orchard, kitchen garden and glasshouse. A kiosk on the terrace serves drinks and light bites, the sun room holds second-hand books, and dogs are allowed on leads everywhere but the kitchen garden. Reviewers prize it as a quiet retreat from the city crowds and praise staff keen to share the garden's history. There is no visitor car park beyond a few accessible bays, so the Trust points to free parking on Cherry Lane or the number 4 and 12 buses from the station; payments are card only.
