Goddards House and Garden

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.