Cabmen's Shelter is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 2009. Shelter. 3 related planning applications.
Cabmen's Shelter
- WRENN ID
- heavy-gutter-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 2009
- Type
- Shelter
- Address
- Cabmen's Shelter, Market Place, Ripon, HG4 1BZ
- OS grid reference
- SE 312 712
- Coordinates
- 54.13614, -1.52351
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cabmen’s shelter was built in 1911 by Boulton and Paul of Norwich, a firm also known for supplying huts for Scott’s Antarctic expedition, and was funded by Sarah Carter of Ripon. The building is constructed of timber with ironwork balustrades and guttering, covered by a beechwood shingled roof.
The shelter is a prefabricated structure measuring approximately 2 metres by 3 metres, divided into four bays long by three bays wide. A central door in one gable provides access to the undivided interior. It sits on a wheeled steel chassis dating to 1980, and has been fixed in place since 1999.
The exterior features glazed upper portions divided by thin glazing bars, with lower portions of diagonally boarded panels. Decorative pilasters divide the bays, featuring turned sections interspersed with blocks; the upper portions are fluted and curve outwards to support a narrow shelf at door lintel height. This shelf is protected by a decorative iron fretwork balustrade, described as being in a Chinese Chippendale style, which also fronts a series of small, often-opening ventilation windows. A simply curving eaves cornice supports the overhanging roof, which includes small gablettes and is hipped, with beechwood shingles covering the entire assembly, including the ridge and hips. A maker’s plate is located on one side of the shelter.
The interior is simply boarded with a skirting board, and features built-in benches supported on turned legs.
Originally intended for the use of horse-drawn cab drivers awaiting fares, the shelter was restored by the Royal Engineers in 1980, when it was placed on a wheeled chassis. It was further restored around 1990 after damage from a vehicle impact, and fixed in place in 1999, a few yards south of its original location.
The shelter is designated at Grade II for its distinctive Edwardian design and its rarity as a well-preserved example of a cabmen’s shelter, reflecting the importance of horse-drawn transport in the early 20th century and the reputation of its maker, Boulton and Paul.
Local climate
Cabmen's Shelter 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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