The Lodge (County Of North Yorkshire Social Services Department And Probation Services)

The Lodge, located on Allhallowsgate in Ripon, was built in 1854 and is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The building features a central block that is two storeys high, with a moulded string course and coped gables. It has three bays, including casements and a tripartite stone mullioned window in the center of the first floor. The central gable is shaped and includes a lancet. There is a carriage entrance with a four-centred head and flanking buttresses, topped with a parapet that displays the inscription "ERECTED AD 1854" in sans-serif lettering. The building also has one-storey flanking wings, each with three bays that contain sashes with glazing bars set in plain raised stone surrounds. The east wing extends southward towards the road, featuring a stone coped end gable and stone quoins.