St John's Almshouses, Ripon

St John’s Almshouses (formally the Hospital of St John the Baptist) are Grade II listed Almshouses in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England.

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Thorpe Prebend House

Thorpe Prebend House is a historic building in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England. The oldest part of the building is the east wing, which was built in 1517. It is likely that it was an extension to an older building, to the west, which was replaced by a new hall and west wing, in 1584. In the mid 17th century, it was largely rebuilt in brick. The windows and doors were altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. Originally built to house the prebend of Littlethorpe, the house is recorded as having been used for casting bells at one time before being restored to house Marmaduke Bradley, the last abbot of Fountains Abbey. It is said to have later been used to entertain both James VI and I and Charles I of England. In 1914, it became Ripon Museum, which closed in 1956; the building was later restored to serve as the minster's interpretative centre. The building has been grade II* listed since 1949. Part of the house has a timber framed core, later encased or replaced in brick and roughcast, and the house has roofs of pantile and stone slate with coped gables on cut kneelers. There are two storeys and attics, a main range of four bays, and flanking wings projecting to the south. The doorway is on the north front and has a Tuscan surround. The west wing has French windows, a two-storey canted bay window and dormers, and elsewhere are sash and casement windows. Inside, the hall fireplace is 17th century, as is the reset panelling in the west wing. The elm staircase is 18th century, as is much of the woodwork in the room above the hall.

St Anne's Hospital, Ripon

St Anne's Hospital is a ruined historic building in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England. The almshouse was first recorded in 1438, when a chantry chapel was added, but it was probably built in the 14th century. It provided accommodation for four men, four women, and two casual residents. There was a priest in charge, but the almshouse appears not to have had an endowment until 1680. At some point, the accommodation was divided into cottages, and was instead used to accommodate 16 women. In 1869, new almshouses were constructed at a cost of £858, and the residential section of the hospital was demolished. The chapel, already roofless, was left as a ruin, and was grade II* listed in 1949. The ruins are built of limestone, with a chancel arch at the west end and a two-light Decorated window at the west end. Inside, there is a stone altar slab, a piscina and a stoup. The almshouses are grade II listed. They are built of brown brick with stone dressings, pink brick string courses, and a slate roof. There is one storey and four bays. In the centre is a gable with two blind lights framing an inscribed marble panel. Each house has a doorway with a shouldered lintel and a circular fanlight, above which is a coped gable on paired cut corbels. The windows are paired pointed sashes with hood moulds.

The Old Hall, Ripon

The Old Hall is a historic building in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England. The house, on High St Agnesgate, was built in 1738. It was altered in the mid 19th century, the work including a new roof. From 1841 to 1858 it was used as a resident by a canon of Ripon Cathedral, including Charles Dodgson from 1852 to 1858, with his son Lewis Carroll spending several months of the year at the property. The house was grade II* listed in 1949. In 2025, it was marketed for sale for £1.6 million, at which time it had six bedrooms, five reception rooms and four bathrooms. The house, at right angles to the street, is built of red brick, with a modillion eaves cornice and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and attics, five bays, a recessed bay to the north, and a rear wing. The doorway has a round head and channelled quoins and voussoirs. There are two French windows, and the other windows are sashes with channelled voussoirs. Inside, there is original high quality plasterwork, and there are several murals, including a scene of the Judgement of Paris on the ceiling of the upper hall.

Ripon Canal

The Ripon Canal is located in North Yorkshire, England. It was built by the canal engineer William Jessop to link the city of Ripon with the navigable section of the River Ure at Oxclose Lock, from where boats could reach York and Hull. It opened in 1773 and was a moderate success. It was sold to the Leeds and Thirsk Railway in 1847 and was effectively closed by 1906 owing to neglect. It was not nationalised with most canals and railways in 1948 and was abandoned in 1956. In 1961 members of the Ripon Motor Boat Club formed the Ripon Canal Company Ltd and gradually restored the canal up to Littlethorpe. Subsequently the Ripon Canal Society spearheaded restoration, which was completed in 1996. It is now managed by the Canal & River Trust.