well as motor memorabilia The York Town Hall The Courthouse complex, which is now a commercial gallery, and the 1852 cells The giant straw (wara art) sculptures of endangered animals The Residency Museum The Suspension Bridge (also called the Swing Bridge) Faversham House Blandstown, a very rare hamlet with many mid to late 19th century homes, unspoilt by development Historic churches, particularly St Patrick's Church, Holy Trinity Church, and the Uniting Church, and their adjoining church halls. Shops of interest to visitors include: Gallery 152, a curated gallery Botanicalia, gallery shop and café, in the former Dinsdale's Shoe Emporium Barclay Books The York Flour Mill café and shops The Sock Factory Penny Farthing Sweets Jules cafe The main attractions outside the town include: York Olive Oil White Gum Farm Australia's oldest racecourse In addition to the historic Faversham House, the York Post Office apartment, Hope Farm, and the Old York School and Farm House, there are many other charming places to stay. The town has four historic hotels: Settlers House, the York Palace Hotel, the Imperial Hotel and the Castle Hotel. Lavendale Farm offers farm stays. The town is popular with walkers, cyclists, and photographers. Faversham House, Laurelville, the Imperial Hotel, the York Racecourse, and the Olive Branch provide a venue for weddings and small conferences or other corporate events, as does Lavendale Farm. York offers a splendid wildflower garden behind Faversham House, as well as Avon Park, next to the town on the river, and Peace Park. The York Agricultural Show and The York Festival are normally held in September and October each year. Heritage buildings With its hamlet Bland's Town, York has buildings from each decade from the early settlers (1830s and 1840s), the convict period (1850s and 1860s), the coming of rail (1885), the Gold Rush (1887 to 1900), and the Federation boom, culminating in the York Town Hall (1911). Faversham House, overlooking the north end of Avon Terrace, is one of the grandest surviving Colonial homes in the State. More than 200 buildings or sites in York are heritage listed, most within the town itself. Many of York's older homes and buildings have now been restored and, while some have retained their original use (e.g. the York Post Office), others have been adaptively re-used with success, such as the former York Primary School (1886). Arts and Crafts buildings and other fine architecture The Principal Architect, George