The Old Hall, Ripon
The Old Hall is a historic building in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England.
The house, on High St Agnesgate, was built in 1738. It was altered in the mid 19th century, the work including a new roof.[1] From 1841 to 1858 it was used as a resident by a canon of Ripon Cathedral, including Charles Dodgson from 1852 to 1858, with his son Lewis Carroll spending several months of the year at the property.[2][3] The house was grade II* listed in 1949.[1] In 2025, it was marketed for sale for £1.6 million, at which time it had six bedrooms, five reception rooms and four bathrooms.[4]
The house, at right angles to the street, is built of red brick, with a modillion eaves cornice and a Welsh slate roof. There are two storeys and attics, five bays, a recessed bay to the north, and a rear wing. The doorway has a round head and channelled quoins and voussoirs. There are two French windows, and the other windows are sashes with channelled voussoirs. Inside, there is original high quality plasterwork, and there are several murals, including a scene of the Judgement of Paris on the ceiling of the upper hall.[1][5]
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References
- ^ a b c Historic England. "The Old Hall, Ripon (1149393)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ^ Wood, Grace (5 July 2025). "Alice in Wonderland author's Ripon home for sale". BBC News. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ Hunt, Moira (16 September 2025). "Ripon childhood home of Lewis Carrol on market for £1.6m". Northern Echo. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ Keel, Toby (2 September 2025). "A fantastical house where the young Lewis Carroll lived is up for sale, complete with endless curious touches that could have come straight from Wonderland". Country Life. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.