York Minster

Repairs to the East End of York Minster

Published Friday 3rd January 2003 by Eleanor Course

Next week, scaffolding will be erected at the East End of the Minster in order to carry out routine inspection work prior to repairs on this part of the Minster. The overall work programme is due to take 5 to 6 years.

The work will be carried out by the carvers and masons of the Minster's Stoneyard after the inspection of the Surveyor of the Fabric, Mr Richard Carr-Archer of Ferrey and Mennim, Chartered Architects of York.

The East End of the Minster was built between 1361 and 1472 in the Perpendicular Gothic style. The Great East Window contains the largest single expanse of medieval stained glass in England, which covers over 1680 square feet: larger than a tennis court!