The Wakeman's House is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1949. House.
The Wakeman's House
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-rotunda-ridge
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Wakeman's House, Market Place, Ripon
- OS grid reference
- SE 311 712
- Coordinates
- 54.13602, -1.52442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wakeman's House is a building from the 16th or 17th century, constructed with a timber frame that was once plastered, and features a stone slate roof. It stands two storeys high with attics and has a two-bay front. The house has canted oriel windows on both floors; the first-floor oriels have hipped roofs, while the ground-floor oriels share a continuous pent-roof over both and the door between them, which is a contemporary design. There is also a casement window in the gable end at attic level.
Inside, the staircase is notable for its unique balusters, which are cut flat with a pattern of discs and oblongs, complemented by a simply moulded handrail.
Historically, this house is traditionally associated with Hugh Ripley, who was the last Wakeman and the first mayor of Ripon following the revised constitution of 1604.
Local climate
The Wakeman's House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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