It is located on the corner of Trinity Lane and Coltsgate Hill to the north of the centre of Ripon.

[3] From the Reformation until the end of the nineteenth century, local Catholics in Ripon gathered for Mass in chapels such as in Fountains Hall and Bishop Thornton.

He wanted to build a church in Ripon, but local opposition initially stopped this from happening.

On 21 November 1860 the foundation stone was laid by Fr Joseph Render, the Vicar General of the Diocese of Beverley.

In 1874, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon became a Catholic and paid for the building of the Lady chapel.