The Court House
THE COURT HOUSE, MINSTER ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1174464
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1949
- List Entry Name:
- The Court House
- Statutory Address:
- THE COURT HOUSE, MINSTER ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1174464
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1949
- List Entry Name:
- The Court House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE COURT HOUSE, MINSTER ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE COURT HOUSE, MINSTER ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ripon
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 31400 71202
Details
In the entry for the following:-
SE 3171 RIPON MINSTER ROAD (North Side) 1/9
27.5.49 The Court House
GV II
The grade shall be upgraded to II*, and the following descriptive notes shall be added after the list entry:
Quarter Sessions, County Court house. 1830. Dressed stone with ashlar dressings. Slate roof with a single chimney stack. Raised quoins, ashlar plinth, continuous cill band, and moulded eaves. 5 bay south front. Single storey. Off-centre doorway with ashlar doorcase with 2 Doric columns supporting an entablature and pediment, 8 panel door with glazing bar overlight. To the left a single and to the right 3 round headed glazing bar sashes with Gothick upper glazing, in plain ashlar surrounds with impost blocks and keystones. Either side are small sections of wall 3 metres high with ashlar coping and matching doorways, round headed with plain ashlar surrounds with impost blocks and keystones, plus reinforced doors. Interior has cross passage leading from the main entrance, with to the west the Old Jury Room and the Justice's Retiring Room. To the east the main Court Room with a central table at a lower level with plain panelled partitions. To the north the Clerk's Chair above and behind the Judge's Seat with ornate back board. To the north the Grand Jury Box, to the south the Petty Jury Box, and to the east the Defendents' Boxes and the Witness Box, with above and behind the Bailiff's Box and the central Prisoner's box with steps down to the cells. Beyond the former Old Gallery now houses the Clerk's Office. The Courtroom has moulded plaster coving and dado plank panelling. Over the Justice's Chair a Royal Coat-of-Arms. This building probably stands on the site of the medieval Liberty Court.
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RIPON MINSTER ROAD SE 3171 1/9 (north side) 27.5.49 The Court House GV II
Listing NGR: SE3140371202
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 330151
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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