Judges Lodgings, York
Coordinates: 53°57′38″N 1°05′07″W / 53.9606°N 1.0853°W
The Judges' Lodgings is an historic building in York, England. It was used by judges when they attended the sessions of the Assize Courts which were held four times each year in York.
The Judges' Lodgings is a Grade I listed townhouse, at grid reference SE601519 at 9 Lendal, in York, North Yorkshire. It is so named because from 1806 it provided accommodation for judges visiting York to sit in the Assize Courts.
The building was erected between 1711 and 1726 on land that formerly belonged to St Wilfred's Church; which had been demolished between 1550 and 1587. In 1736, Francis Drake recorded the recent building of a house for Clifton Wintringham senior in Lendal. He described it as one of the "best built houses in the city". Drake recalled that when the foundations were dug "several cart loads of human bones were thrown up". The architect is unknown, butit may have been Lord Burlington. He designed and built the Assembly Rooms in 1730, and possibly the Mansion House between 1725 and 1730, both nearby. The house is an early example of the 18th-century classical style. Festoons of fruit emphasise the unusual stone door surround, which is framed by a Venetian style arch. The keystone of the arch is carved with a bearded mask representing Aesculapius, the Greek demi-god of medicine. John Cossins included an image of the house on his New and Exact Plan of the City of York (1727).
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