The Old Courthouse
THE OLD COURTHOUSE, MINSTER ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1295756
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1949
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Courthouse
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD COURTHOUSE, MINSTER ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1295756
- Date first listed:
- 27-May-1949
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Courthouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD COURTHOUSE, MINSTER ROAD
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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 OLD COURTHOUSE, 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 31372 71171
Details
SE 3171 RIPON MINSTER ROAD 1/10 (north side) 27.5.49
The Old Courthouse GV II
Probably mediaeval, although neither the roof structure nor any masonry details offer secure evidence for its dating. Hammer-dressed stone. Pantiled and sprocketed roofs. Extension to south has timber-framed first floor. Two storeys. Three bays plus the extension. One round-arched doorway at north end, probably C18 or C19, now blocked, but formerly with an iron studded door. C19 2-centred arched door on first floor approached by flight of steps with simple iron balustrade. One old slit window on ground floor, otherwise C18 or C19 casements and sashes.
Interior. Court room remaining on first floor. Ground floor cells with iron-plated ceilings, and 2 iron studded doors.
History. Probably built as the Court house of the Archbishop of York's Liberty of Ripon, close by the Archiepiscopal Palace (see 27 Kirkgate, qv). In the C18 it had become the Liberty gaol (earliest reference 1713: see Ripon Millenary). In the C19 it may have become the Debtors' Prison (to which there are various references in the 1830s and 1840s) as the name of Thomas Harrison, who was gaoler of the Debtor's Prison, appears scratched on the walls.
Listing NGR: SE3137271171
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 330148
- 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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