Fairfax House in York will join eight other Yorkshire houses when it opens its own exhibition looking at the impact of war on the house and its residents.

This will “complete the set” of exhibitions; Duty Calls: The Country House In Time of War The other houses taking part in the exhibitions are Beningbrough Hall; Brodsworth Hall (Doncaster); Castle Howard; Kiplin Hall (Richmond); Lotherton Hall (Leeds); Newby Hall (Ripon); Nostell Priory (Wakefield); and Sewerby Hall (Bridlington).

Duty Calls is the latest in a series of collaborative projects by Yorkshire Country House Partnership, and looks at the impact of various conflicts on nine of Yorkshire’s major country houses, and the experiences of their occupants and wider communities, from the points of view of owners, servants, tenants and estate workers.

It will run throughout 2013 and 2014 to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. Photographs, paintings, military memorabilia and a rich selection of letters, journals, and estate papers will form the basis of the displays and trails telling poignant stories of immense courage, loss, bereavement, support and dedication.

The Fairfax House exhibition marks the 250th anniversary of the hosue and focuses on the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745, which had a dramatic impact upon Georgian society, and sheds light on the secretive world of Jacobite allegiance during this troubled period.

The star piece of the exhibition is the white cockade that is reputed to have belonged to Bonnie Prince Charlie.