Victoria Clock Tower, Ripon

The Victoria Clock Tower is a historic structure in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England. The clock tower was built in 1897, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It was paid for by Frances and Constance Cross. It was placed at the junction of North Road, Palace Road and Princess Road, to serve as a landmark on the route from Ripon railway station to the city centre. The structure was grade II listed in 1949. It is owned by the district council. The tower is built of stone and has three stages, the top stage containing four clock faces. On the south front is a doorway with a pointed arch, and above it is a statue of Queen Victoria on a corbel. At the top is an ogee crown of eight ribs with a pinnacle at base of each, surmounted by a metal crown.

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Liberty of Ripon

The Liberty of Ripon or Riponshire was a liberty possessing separate county jurisdiction, although situated within the county of Yorkshire, England. The liberty was under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York, a privilege claimed to have been granted by King Aethelstan in the 10th century. The liberty was governed by a high steward and justices of the peace, appointed by the archbishop, and the area had separate quarter sessions, in conjunction with the mayor and recorder of the borough of Ripon, in whose town hall they were held. In 1831 the following parishes and townships (locally in the North and West Ridings of Yorkshire) were in the liberty: Most of Ripon Felixkirk Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe Kilburn, North Yorkshire Nidd with Killinghall Marton-cum-Moxby In 1836 the temporal jurisdiction of the archbishop was ended, with the power to appoint justices revested in the crown, and in 1837 the townships locally in the North Riding were removed from the liberty. In 1889, the Local Government Act 1888 came into operation. Section 48 of the Act merged "every liberty and franchise of a county" into its surrounding administrative county. While this was the end of the liberty's administrative functions, separate quarter sessions continued until 1953, and it was also a distinct unit for land tax purposes for some time.

The Old Chapel, Ripon

The Old Chapel is a historic building in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England. The first Wesleyan Methodist Church in Ripon opened in 1777, in an existing building on Coltsgate Hill. John Wesley visited the chapel in 1780. In 1861, the building was demolished and a replacement chapel was constructed, at a cost of £2,000. In 1871, a Wesleyan day school was opened across the road; this operated until about 1940 and was later converted into flats. In 1932, the Wesleyan Methodists became part of the new Methodist Union, and the chapel closed in 1963, the congregation moving to the former Primitive Methodist chapel on Allhallowgate. The building was converted to become the city's first supermarket, U-Save. In the 1970s, it became a hi-fi shop, and it was later used as offices. In 2017, it was sold for conversion into housing. The building has been grade II listed since 1977. The chapel is built of brick with stone dressings, rusticated quoins, a sill band, and a pediment containing an oculus and carved foliage in the tympanum. There are two storeys, four bays on the front and six on the sides. In the centre are paired doorways, each flanked by Tuscan half-columns with an entablature, a semicircular fanlight with moulded voussoirs, imposts and a keystone. The windows are sashes, with segmental heads on the ground floor, round heads and moulded imposts on the upper floor, and all with keystones.

Workhouse Museum

The Workhouse Museum is a museum in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England. In 1776, William Aislabie donated a house known as "Old Hall" for the use of the poor of Ripon. It was demolished and a new workhouse constructed on the site in 1855. In 1877, a block for vagrants was added. In 1953, it was renamed Sharow View, and remained open until 1974. The building was then used as offices for the North Yorkshire Social Services and Probation Services departments. In 1996, Ripon Museums Trust converted the gatehouse into a museum. It restored and opened the garden to the public in 2010, and then in 2017 acquired the main block of the workhouse, more than doubling the size of the museum. The main block and gatehouse are both grade II listed buildings. The main block is built of brown brick, with stone dressings, quoins, and a slate roof with coped gables on cut kneelers. There are two storeys and eleven bays, the middle three bays projecting under two shaped gables with finials. The flanking wings each has one smaller shaped gable with a smaller finial. The central doorway has a four-centred arched head and a projecting surround. The windows are a mix of sashes and casements. The gatehouse is built of red brick with stone dressings, quoins, a moulded string course, and a slate roof with coped gables. There are two storeys and three bays. In the centre is a carriage entry with a four-centred arch flanked by buttresses, above which is an inscribed and dated parapet. Over this is a three-light stepped mullioned window and a shaped gable. The other windows are casements. The main block is flanked by single-storey three-bay wings, the right wing extending towards the road.

St Wilfrid's Church, Ripon

St Wilfrid's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. It was built from 1860 to 1862 and designed by Joseph Hansom. It is located on the corner of Trinity Lane and Coltsgate Hill to the north of the centre of Ripon. It is in the Gothic Revival style and is a Grade II* listed building.