Cathédrale de Ripon

La cathédrale de Ripon est située dans la petite ville de Ripon dans le Yorkshire du Nord, en Angleterre. Elle est une des trois cocathédrales du diocèse anglican de Leeds, avec la cathédrale de Bradford et la cathédrale de Wakefield. La présence d'une église sur le site daterait de 672, elle serait la seconde construction dans le royaume anglo-saxon de Northumbrie. La crypte date de cette période. Les fidèles viennent pour prier à Ripon depuis plus de 1350 ans. La cathédrale elle-même est dans la continuité de ce culte, commencé au VIIe siècle, lorsque saint Wilfrid y construisit l'une des premières églises d'Angleterre. Dans la nef et le chœur, on peut voir les traces de 800 années de dévotion au cours desquelles les maîtres artisans ont exprimé leur foi dans le bois et la pierre. De 1836 à 2014, la cathédrale était le siège de l'évêché et du diocèse de Ripon et Leeds.

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Ripon Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, commonly known as Ripon Cathedral, and until 1836 known as Ripon Minster, is a cathedral in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. Founded as a monastery by monks of the Irish tradition in the 660s, it was refounded as a Benedictine monastery by St Wilfrid in 672. The church became collegiate in the tenth century, and acted as a mother church within the large Diocese of York for the remainder of the Middle Ages. The present church is the fourth, and was built between the 13th and 16th centuries. In 1836 the church became the cathedral for the Diocese of Ripon. In 2014 the Diocese was incorporated into the new Diocese of Leeds, and the church became one of three co-equal cathedrals of the Bishop of Leeds. The cathedral is notable architecturally for its gothic west front in the Early English style, considered one of the best of its type, as well as the Geometric east window. The seventh-century crypt of Wilfrid's church is a significant example of early Christian architecture in England. The cathedral has Grade I listed building status.

Diocese of Ripon

The Diocese of Ripon, renamed the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds from 1999 until its amalgamation into the new Diocese of Leeds in 2014, was a former Church of England diocese within the Province of York. Immediately prior to its dissolution, it covered an area in western and northern Yorkshire as well as the south Teesdale area administered by County Durham which is traditionally part of Yorkshire. The cities of Ripon and Leeds were within its boundaries as were the towns of Harrogate, Richmond, Knaresborough, Hawes and Bedale and the surrounding countryside; its northern boundary was the River Tees. The diocesan Bishop of Ripon had his cathedral church at Ripon. The diocese was also served by a suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough and was divided into two archdeaconries, those of Richmond and Leeds. For organizational purposes, the diocese was further divided into eight deaneries: Richmond, Wensley, Ripon, Harrogate, Allerton, Headingley, Armley and Whitkirk. The first four deaneries are located in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, and the latter four are in the Archdeaconry of Leeds. The former Diocese covered an area of 1,359 square miles, with a range of urban and rural parishes, these range from urban areas like Holbeck and Armley with New Wortley, urban centres like Ripon and Richmond and rural parishes like Danby Wiske with Hutton Bonneville in the Vale of Mowbray, Eryholme on the southern bank of the River Tees and Upper Nidderdale high in the Yorkshire Dales.

Minster House

Minster House is a historic building in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England. The house may lie on the site of the Bedern, the college of vicars of Ripon Minster. This was built in 1414 and dissolved in 1547, following which there was a failed proposal to use the building as a theological college. The current building was constructed in the early 18th century, when it was known as "The Hall". In the 19th century, the house was owned by the Oxley family, who erected their shield of arms over the main door. In 1945, it was purchased by the diocese to become the residence of the Dean of Ripon. The building was grade II* listed in 1949. The house is built of red brick, with stone quoins, a floor band and a parapet. It has two storeys, a south front of seven bays, a west front of five bays, and two slightly projecting bays on the east front. In the centre of the south front is a doorway with a broken pediment containing a coat of arms. The windows are tall sashes with moulded sills and keystones. Inside is what Historic England describes as a "very fine staircase", and early wood panelling and fireplaces. In one room there is wainscotting dated to about 1600, which is believe to have come from Markington Hall.

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.

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.